14-letter words containing n, a, y, s
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- currency snake — an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- daddy longlegs — A daddy longlegs is a flying insect with very long legs.
- daddy-longlegs — Also called harvestman. any of numerous spiderlike arachnids of the order Opiliones, having a compact rounded body and extremely long, slender legs.
- daisy fleabane — a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.
- decay constant — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- delaney clause — an amendment to a 1958 Federal law, prohibiting the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in people or animals
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- deoxyadenosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to adenosine.
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
- diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- disciplinarily — In a disciplinary way.
- disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
- disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disneyfication — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
- dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- display window — shop window displaying goods
- ditransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being ditransitive.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- donkey's years — a very long time; eons.
- dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
- easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.