16-letter words containing t, o, y, e, d

redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
room methodology — Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling
sandstone quarry — a quarry from which sand is extracted
schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
second-story man — a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.
secondary accent — a stress accent weaker than primary accent but stronger than lack of stress.
secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
secondary stress — Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
send to coventry — to ostracize or ignore
simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
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.
stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
strawberry blond — reddish blond.
street directory — a directory containing an alphabetical list of streets along with other information such as the names and addresses of householders and tradespeople
take holy orders — to become ordained
tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
the devil to pay — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
the one and only — incomparable and unique
the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
to carry the day — If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition.
to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
to spend a penny — If someone says that they are going to spend a penny, they mean that they are going to go to the toilet.
top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
triiodothyronine — Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO 4 , similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
two-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of two bodies in space moving solely under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction.
uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
volatility index — beta (def 6).
way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
windows registry — (operating system) The database used by Microsoft Windows 95 and later to store all sorts of configuration information such as which program should be used to open a .doc file, DLL registration information, application-specific settings and much more. The Registry is stored in .dat files, one in the user's profile containing their per-user settings and one in the Windows directory containing settings that are global to all users. These are loaded into memory at login. The loaded data appears as a tree with five main branches: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT defines file types and actions, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is an alias for one of the sub-trees of HKEY_USERS and contains user settings that override the global defaults in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The branches of the tree are called "keys" and are identified by paths like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Any node in the tree can have zero or more "values" which are actually bindings of a name and a value, e.g. "Logon User Name" = "Denis". The value can be of type string, binary, dword (long integer), multi-string value or expandable string value. Windows includes a Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).

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