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16-letter words containing a, n, y

  • system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
  • systems analysis — the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
  • taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
  • tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
  • thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
  • the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
  • the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
  • the eternal city — Rome
  • the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • the one and only — incomparable and unique
  • the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
  • thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
  • three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
  • thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
  • tinnevelly senna — any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
  • to carry the can — If you have to carry the can, you have to take all the blame for something.
  • to go a long way — If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it is an important factor in achieving that thing.
  • to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
  • to spend a penny — If someone says that they are going to spend a penny, they mean that they are going to go to the toilet.
  • to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
  • trans-fatty acid — a polyunsaturated fatty acid that has been converted from the cis-form by hydrogenation: used in the manufacture of margarine
  • transcendentally — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
  • transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
  • transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
  • transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • transmissibility — capable of being transmitted.
  • treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
  • triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
  • tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
  • trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
  • turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
  • twelvepenny nail — a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 cm) long.
  • un-contradictory — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
  • unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
  • unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • undecylenic acid — a light-colored liquid with a fruity odor, C 11 H 21 O 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in perfumes, flavors, plastics, and medicine.
  • undiscriminatory — 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.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • uninhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
  • union-of-myanmar — Union of, official name of Burma.
  • unknown quantity — mathematics: amount not known
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
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