13-letter words containing y, r
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- early warning — An early warning system warns people that something bad is likely to happen, for example that a machine is about to stop working, or that a country is being attacked.
- early-evening — taking place or being presented in the early part of the evening
- early-morning — taking place or being presented in the early part of the morning
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- east ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, comprising the E part of the historical county of Ayrshire: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Kilmarnock. Pop: 119 530 (2003 est). Area: 1252 sq km (483 sq miles)
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- easterly wave — a westward-moving, wavelike disturbance of low atmospheric pressure embedded in tropical easterly winds.
- eccentrically — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- echoic memory — the ability to recapture the exact impression of a sound shortly after the sound has finished
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- eddy currents — Eddy currents are localized electric currents set up in metal parts not normally meant to carry currents, due to changes in electromagnetic fields.
- effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
- egocentricity — The quality of being egocentric.
- electrocyclic — (organic chemistry) Describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds.
- electrolyzing — Present participle of electrolyze.
- electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
- electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- embryoid body — an aggregate of cells that have developed from stem cells
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- empty quarter — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
- empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
- empyreumatize — to infect or spoil with empyreuma
- enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- energy crisis — a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- energy-giving — containing ingredients designed to boost the eater's or drinker's energy, esp before, during, or after exercise
- enthrallingly — In an enthralling way.
- enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
- epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
- equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
- eretz yisrael — the Holy Land; Israel
- ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.