17-letter words containing t, o, n, e, y
- turner's syndrome — an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.
- twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
- twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
- twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
- twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
- uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- unconscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- unconventionality — disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
- undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
- unemployment line — When people talk about the unemployment line, they are talking about the state of being unemployed, especially when saying how many people are unemployed.
- unemployment rate — percentage of population without jobs
- unity of interest — the equal interest in property held by joint tenants
- unproportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
- velocity of money — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.
- village community — an early form of community organization in which land belonged to the village, the arable land being allotted to the members or households of the community by more or less permanent arrangements and the waste or excess land remaining undivided.
- voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
- worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
- x-ray examination — an examination of part of the body, using an X-ray machine
- year in, year out — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- yellowstone falls — a waterfall in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park on the Yellowstone River
- yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- you're telling me — I know, I'm well aware
- youth-and-old-age — a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.
- youthful 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.
- zero-point energy — energy in a substance at the temperature of absolute zero.