13-Letter Words Containing: A,R,S,T,Y

• accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys

• therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

• the flower of a chrysanthemum plant

• any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated

• the formation of crystals

• a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid

• attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

• providing justification

• Any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity

• remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

• contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

• capable of preventing conception or impregnation

• warding off

• preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease