13-letter words containing y, r
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- january sales — sales held after Christmas to encourage customers back to the shops
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- jerry sussman — Gerald Sussman
- jimmy woodser — a man who drinks by himself
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- john mccarthy — (person, artificial intelligence) A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- johnny collar — a small, pointed collar on a shirt, dress bodice, or the like, with close-fitting neckline.
- journal entry — sth written in a diary
- journeyperson — A journeyman or journeywoman.
- joyner-kersee — Jacqueline ("Jackie") born 1962, U.S. track and field athlete.
- juniper berry — the berrylike cone of a juniper.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- knickknackery — Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
- know by heart — have memorized
- kyrgyz steppe — a vast steppe region in central Kazakhstan
- kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
- laevorotatory — Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- laurel cherry — a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- lavatory bowl — the part inside a lavatory containing water and fitted with a water-flushing device and connected to a drain
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- legionary ant — army ant