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14-letter words containing t, h, y

  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • unthoughtfully — not thoughtfully; in an unthoughtful manner; thoughtlessly
  • untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
  • voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
  • walk away with — escape
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • whaddayacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
  • whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
  • whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
  • wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
  • with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • woolly mammoth — a large extinct elephant
  • woolly thistle — a tall perennial plant; Cirsium eriophorum
  • x short of a y — If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy.
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
  • xylotypography — a type of printing using wooden blocks
  • yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  • yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
  • youth hosteler — a person who stays at youth hostels during travels.
  • youth movement — a political, religious or social movement that is made up of young people
  • youth offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
  • zoophytologist — an expert in zoophytology
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
  • zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
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