11-letter words containing e, y, t, h
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- tukey, john — John Tukey
- twelfth day — the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.
- tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
- un-hydrated — (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
- unbrotherly — not brotherly
- unethically — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unhealthily — not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- unpathwayed — unpathed, pathless
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- urethrotomy — an operation to cut a stricture of the urethra.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- vinyl ether — a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- white wavey — See under wavey.
- whiteboyism — the principles or conduct of the Whiteboys
- whitley bay — a resort in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear, on the North Sea. Pop: 36 544 (2001)
- whittuesday — the day following Whitmonday.
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- wither away — weaken and die
- witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
- xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
- yellow hats — the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.
- yesternight — last night.
- yet another — (jargon) (YA-, after Unix's yacc - Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) A humorous allusion often used in titles to acknowledge that the topic is not original, though the content is. As in "Yet Another AI Group" or "Yet Another Simulated Annealing Algorithm". If used of others' work, it describes something of which there are already far too many. In hackish acronyms the "YA" prefix almost invariably expands to Yet Another, e.g. YABA, YAUN.
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.
- yiddishkeit — Jewish tradition, culture, character, or heritage.
- you betcha! — absolutely, certainly
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.
- youth crime — crime committed by juvenile offenders
- youthquakes — Plural form of youthquake.