16-letter words containing t, a, i, y, u
- situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
- sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
- sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
- standard annuity — A standard annuity is a retirement investment insurance contract that pays a regular income in return for a lump sum payment.
- state university — a university maintained by the government of a state.
- stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
- substitutability — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
- take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- tertiary bursary — a noncompetitive award granted to all pupils who have passed a university entrance examination
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- 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.
- tray agriculture — hydroponics.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- un-contradictory — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- 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.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- uninhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- unknown quantity — mathematics: amount not known
- unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unproportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
- variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- water lily tulip — a showy tulip, Tulipa kaufmanniana, of Turkestan, having spreading, white or pale-yellow flowers with yellow centers streaked with red.
- yellowfin (tuna) — a tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellow fins and a yellow stripe on each side, important as a game and food fish and found worldwide in warm seas