14-letter words containing a, t, y
- urinary tubule — any of the long, winding tubules of the vertebrate kidney in which urine is formed
- utility player — a player who is capable of playing competently in any of several positions
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- varsity sports — sports involving the main or first teams at a high school, college, or university
- 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.
- vibratory mill — A vibratory mill is a machine for grinding something, in which the feed and grinding medium are between two surfaces which vibrate against each other.
- 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.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vital capacity — the greatest amount of air that can be forced from the lungs after maximum inhalation.
- vitalistically — from a vitalistic point of view
- viticulturally — in a viticultural manner
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- walk away with — escape
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- 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.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- 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.
- west lafayette — a city in central Indiana: suburb of Lafayette.
- whaddayacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
- white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
- whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- 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.
- woolly mammoth — a large extinct elephant
- wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
- x short of a y — If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
- xylotypography — a type of printing using wooden blocks
- 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.
- yellow wagtail — Motacilla flava; a small passerine
- yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
- yenisei ostyak — Ket.
- yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday
- 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.
- yosemite falls — a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2526 feet (770 meters).
- you can't talk — you yourself are guilty of offending in the very matter you are decrying
- yttrium metals — a series of closely related metals including yttrium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, and sometimes, terbium, gadolinium, and dysprosium
- yttrotantalite — a mineral, tantalite and niobate of yttrium and various elements, as iron, and cerium, occurring in the form of brown-black crystals.