13-letter words containing ay
- cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
- come what may — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- crayola books — (publication) A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cut-away coat — Also called cutaway coat. a man's formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back.
- dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
- day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- day of infamy — December 7, 1941, on which Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II: so referred to by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech to Congress the next day, asking for a declaration of war on Japan.
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- daylight lamp — a lamp whose light has a range of wavelengths similar to that of natural sunlight
- daylight time — time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- domesday book — a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.
- doomsday book — Domesday Book.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- 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 malaysia — part of Malaysia, consisting of the states of Sabah and Sarawak, which occupy the N part of the island of Borneo
- 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).
- executive pay — the money that an executive of an organization gets as wages or salary
- extended-play — denoting an EP record
- five-day week — a system in which people work for five days in every seven
- flaminian way — an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- fort mcmurray — a town in NE Alberta, in W Canada, on the Athabasca River.
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- get away with — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- good old days — past times viewed with nostalgia
- gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
- groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
- guanabara bay — a deep bay in the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Brazil: site of Rio de Janeiro.
- halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- high holy day — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey