14-letter words containing i, d, o, t, y
- sit-down money — social security benefits
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- 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.