16-letter words containing a, l, o, d, y
- the devil to pay — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- the one and only — incomparable and unique
- to call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- volatility index — beta (def 6).
- way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
- whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.