13-letter words containing y, a, p, s
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- despicability — Despicableness.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- disk capacity — the maximum number of bytes that can be held on a disk
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- enhypostatize — to come together in one person or hypostasis
- epinastically — in an epinastic manner
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- expansibility — The condition of being expansible.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
- gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- gypsy capstan — a small capstan moved only by a motor or engine.
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- happy release — liberation, esp by death, from an unpleasant condition
- harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heptasyllable — a word or line of verse of seven syllables.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- hospitability — The quality of being hospitable.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyperesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hypermegasoma — gigantism.