11-letter words containing t, e, r, a, h, y
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- tracheotomy — the operation of cutting into the trachea.
- tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
- un-hydrated — (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- wither away — weaken and die
- yet another — (jargon) (YA-, after Unix's yacc - Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) A humorous allusion often used in titles to acknowledge that the topic is not original, though the content is. As in "Yet Another AI Group" or "Yet Another Simulated Annealing Algorithm". If used of others' work, it describes something of which there are already far too many. In hackish acronyms the "YA" prefix almost invariably expands to Yet Another, e.g. YABA, YAUN.