12-letter words containing a, l, e, y, o
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- the old days — the past
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
- to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
- unemployable — unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unseasonably — not seasonable; being out of season; unseasonal: unseasonable weather.
- unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- wave cyclone — a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- yachtspeople — Plural form of yachtsperson.
- yellow alert — (in military or civilian defense) the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Compare blue alert, red alert, white alert.
- yellow avens — herb bennet.
- yellow daisy — the black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta.
- yellow metal — a type of brass having about 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc
- yellow pages — Network Information Service
- yellow sally — an angler's name for either of two small yellow stoneflies: Isoperla grammatica of chalk streams and Chloroperla torrentium of upland streams
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.
- youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc