11-letter words containing h, a, y, r
- tetrahymena — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Tetrahymena, a relative of the paramecium: often used in genetics research.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- thaumaturgy — the working of wonders or miracles; magic.
- the battery — a park in New York City, at the S tip of Manhattan: 21 acres
- theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
- thermically — in a thermic manner
- 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.
- third party — any party to an incident, case, quarrel, etc., who is incidentally involved.
- thoracotomy — incision into the chest cavity.
- thrasybulus — died c389 b.c, Athenian patriot and general.
- through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- 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.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- 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.
- typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
- typographic — of or relating to typography.
- un-hydrated — (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
- unharmfully — in an unharmful way
- unscholarly — not befitting a scholar or learned person
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- uranography — the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and especially of the fixed stars.
- 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.
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- 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.
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- 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.
- where away? — in what direction?
- whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
- whydah bird — any of various predominantly black African weaverbirds of the genus Vidua and related genera, the males of which grow very long tail feathers in the breeding season
- wither away — weaken and die
- x-ray photo — a picture produced by exposing photographic film to X-rays
- xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
- xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
- xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
- yacht chair — a folding armchair consisting of a wooden frame across which are stretched strips of canvas to form the seat and back.
- yarboroughs — Plural form of yarborough.
- 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.
- yoshkar-ola — a city in and the capital of the Mari Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Kazan.
- zephyr yarn — any of various soft, lightweight yarns, often of silk, rayon, or a combination of natural and synthetic fibers, for woven and knit goods.
- zincography — the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.