14-letter words containing t, a, o, u, y
- platycephalous — flat-headed
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- port authority — a government commission that manages bridges, tunnels, airports, and other such facilities of a port or city.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rotary shutter — a camera shutter consisting of a rotating disk pierced with a slit that passes in front of the lens to expose the film or plate.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- slaughterously — murderously
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
- south ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the S part of the historical county of Ayrshire; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Ayr. Pop: 111 580 (2003 est). Area: 1202 sq km (464 sq miles)
- south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- ultra-royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.