14-letter words containing a, n, y, t
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unequivalently — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unionist party — (formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972
- unitary matrix — a square matrix that is the inverse of its Hermitian conjugate
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- unmalleability — an unmalleable state or condition
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpalatability — the quality or state of being unpalatable
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
- unromantically — in an unromantic manner
- unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
- unscripturally — in an unscriptural manner
- unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
- unsystematical — unsystematic
- unsystematized — not systematized or arranged in a system
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- untranslatably — not translatably; in an untranslatable manner; in such a way as to be untranslatable
- urbanistically — of or relating to urbanism.
- urinary tubule — any of the long, winding tubules of the vertebrate kidney in which urine is formed
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
- vestmannaeyjar — a group of 14 small Icelandic islands off the S coast of Iceland.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- vinylacetylene — a colorless, volatile liquid, C 4 H 4 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene.
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- warrantability — The quality of being warrantable.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
- white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
- with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
- yagi (antenna) — a VHF or UHF directional antenna array in which a basic dipole antenna is supplemented by several parallel reflector and director elements: used when television reception is weak
- yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
- yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
- yenisei ostyak — Ket.
- yoda condition — (programming) The programming practise of using if (constant == variable) e.g. if (4 == foo) instead of the more natural if (variable == constant) It is named after the Star Wars character Yoda who says things like "Strong is Vader". It may have been invented as a way to prevent coding errors like if (count = 5) (accidentally using a single "=" (assignment) instead of a double "==" (comparison)). The above is syntactically valid whereas the Yoda equivalent would give a compile-time error.