11-letter words containing y, a, r, d, s
- 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.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disrotatory — (organic chemistry) Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses.
- divisionary — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- 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.
- dusky shark — a blue-gray shark, Carcharinus obscurus, of warm Atlantic and eastern Pacific seas, reaching a length of 12 feet (3.7 meters).
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- 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.
- early doors — at an early stage
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- hard by sth — If one thing is hard by another, it is very close to it.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
- increasedly — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- lady's room — ladies' room
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.