17-letter words containing a, n, d, y, t
- secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
- st. swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
- stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
- stand your ground — relating to or denoting a legal principle or law that eliminates the duty to retreat by allowing, as a first response, self-defense by deadly force: We’re proud to represent Florida, the first stand your ground state.
- strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
- take into custody — to arrest
- the death penalty — capital punishment
- three-day eventer — a rider or horse that takes part in three-day eventing
- tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
- try one's hand at — to attempt (to do something), esp. for the first time
- understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
- what do you want? — If you say to someone 'what do you want?', you are asking them in a rather rude or angry way why they have come to the place where you are or why they want to speak to you.
- with a heavy hand — in a heavy manner; without delicacy or grace
- x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
- yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
- youth-and-old-age — a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.