18-letter words containing l, a, r, y
- the-cocktail-party — a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot.
- theater of cruelty — a form of surrealist theater originated by Antonin Artaud and emphasizing the cruelty of human existence by portraying sadistic acts and intense suffering.
- theatre of cruelty — a type of theatre advocated by Antonin Artaud in Le Théâtre et son double that seeks to communicate to its audience a sense of pain, suffering, and evil, using gesture, movement, sound, and symbolism rather than language
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
- to play favourites — to display favouritism
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- traditional policy — a life assurance policy in which the policyholder's premiums are paid into a general fund and his or her investment benefits are calculated according to actuarial formulae
- translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
- transylvanian alps — a mountain range in S Romania; a SW extension of the Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Negoiu, 2548 m (8360 ft)
- travelling library — a mobile library in which a vehicle such as a van delivers books to be borrowed
- treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
- triarylmethane dye — any of the class of dyes containing three aryl groups attached to a central carbon atom: used chiefly for dyeing cotton, wool, and silk.
- ultralow frequency — an electromagnetic wave with a frequency between 300 and 3000 hertz. Abbreviation: ULF, ulf.
- under lock and key — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
- university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
- voluntary abortion — abortion (def 1).
- voluntary-abortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- welwyn garden city — a town in SE England, in Hertfordshire: established (1920) as a planned industrial and residential community. Pop: 43 512 (2001)
- whispering gallery — a space or gallery beneath a dome or broad arch in which low sounds produced at any of certain points are clearly audible at certain other distant points.
- wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
- withdrawal symptom — effects of stopping a drug
- yellow-green algae — a group of common single-celled and colonial algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having mostly yellow and green pigments, occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters.
- you never can tell — If you say 'You never can tell', you mean that the future is always uncertain and it is never possible to know exactly what will happen.
- yves saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- zorrilla (y moral) — Joˈsé (hɔˈsɛ ) ; h^ōseˈ) 1817-93; Sp. poet & playwright