14-letter words containing s, y, a
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- dissociability — Lack of sociability; unsociableness.
- ditransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being ditransitive.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
- dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- donkey's years — a very long time; eons.
- doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
- dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
- dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
- easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- end one's days — to pass the end of one's life
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- essay question — an examination question that requires an answer in the form of an essay
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- extensionality — extensional equality
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- eye specialist — ophthalmologist
- eyeball search — (jargon) (Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Compare vdiff, desk check.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.