16-letter words containing s, y, t

the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
tinnevelly senna — any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
to cut both ways — If you say that something cuts both ways, you mean that it can have two opposite effects, or can have both good and bad effects.
to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
to get your oats — to have sexual intercourse regularly
to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
to say the least — at the minimum
to sow your oats — (of a young person) to behave in a rather uncontrolled way, esp by having a lot of sexual relationships
to spend a penny — If someone says that they are going to spend a penny, they mean that they are going to go to the toilet.
tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
tokugawa iyeyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
tourist industry — the people, activities, and organizations involved in providing services for people on holiday, for example hotels, restaurants, and tour guides
trans-fatty acid — a polyunsaturated fatty acid that has been converted from the cis-form by hydrogenation: used in the manufacture of margarine
transcendentally — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
transmissibility — capable of being transmitted.
twenty questions — an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
two-party system — a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
two-stroke cycle — See under two-cycle.
type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
up to one's eyes — extremely busy (with)
utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
vegetable oyster — salsify.
visibility meter — any instrument for measuring the visual range through the atmosphere, as a transmissometer.
voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
way of the cross — stations of the cross.
weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
welfare payments — government benefits
west valley city — city in NC Utah, near Salt Lake City: pop. 109,000
windows registry — (operating system) The database used by Microsoft Windows 95 and later to store all sorts of configuration information such as which program should be used to open a .doc file, DLL registration information, application-specific settings and much more. The Registry is stored in .dat files, one in the user's profile containing their per-user settings and one in the Windows directory containing settings that are global to all users. These are loaded into memory at login. The loaded data appears as a tree with five main branches: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT defines file types and actions, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is an alias for one of the sub-trees of HKEY_USERS and contains user settings that override the global defaults in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The branches of the tree are called "keys" and are identified by paths like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Any node in the tree can have zero or more "values" which are actually bindings of a name and a value, e.g. "Logon User Name" = "Denis". The value can be of type string, binary, dword (long integer), multi-string value or expandable string value. Windows includes a Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
windy conditions — weather in which there are strong winds
woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).
worcester oyster — a drink consisting of raw unbeaten egg, Worcester sauce, salt, and pepper: a supposed cure for a hangover

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