11-letter words containing a, y, o
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- tea trolley — a trolley from which tea is served
- technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tennysonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tensionally — in a tensional manner
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
- thanatology — the study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thiocyanate — a salt or ester of thiocyanic acid, as sodium thiocyanate, NaSCN.
- thohoyandou — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- thoracotomy — incision into the chest cavity.
- through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
- time of day — a definite time as shown by a timepiece; the hour: Can you tell me the time of day?
- titanomachy — the unsuccessful revolt of the family of the Titan Iapetus against Zeus
- to a nicety — with precision
- to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
- to this day — even now
- toddy table — a small stand of the 18th century, used for holding drinks.
- tooth decay — dental caries.
- tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- tracheotomy — the operation of cutting into the trachea.
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- treaty port — any of the ports in China, Japan, or Korea through which trade with foreign countries was permitted by special treaty.
- trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
- trimodality — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- trolley car — a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- trypanosoma — trypanosome.
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- two a penny — Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.
- tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
- typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
- typographic — of or relating to typography.