11-letter words containing s, y, a
- disassembly — to take apart.
- discandying — the act of melting or dissolving
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discordancy — discordance (defs 1–3).
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disentrayle — to pass out as if from the entrails
- dishonorary — tending to dishonour or disgrace
- diskography — discography.
- dismayfully — in a dismayful manner
- dismayingly — In a manner that causes dismay.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dispensably — in a dispensable manner
- displayable — Capable of being displayed.
- disquantity — to diminish in quantity; make less.
- disrotatory — (organic chemistry) Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses.
- dissonantly — In a dissonant manner.
- dissyllable — disyllable.
- disyllabism — the state of being disyllabic.
- disyllabize — to make disyllabic.
- disyllables — Plural form of disyllable.
- divisionary — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- dodecastyle — having 12 columns.
- draftsmanly — Befitting a draftsman; geometrically artistic.
- drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
- dreadlessly — in a dreadless manner
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- dry as dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
- dry-as-dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dusky shark — a blue-gray shark, Carcharinus obscurus, of warm Atlantic and eastern Pacific seas, reaching a length of 12 feet (3.7 meters).
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- dysesthesia — (medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- dysthanasia — (medicine, rare) The undue prolongation of life by artificial means in a person who cannot otherwise survive.
- early doors — at an early stage
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- early riser — person: gets up early