13-letter words containing t, o, y, e
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- ready-to-wear — clothing made in standard sizes; ready-made clothing.
- real property — an estate or property consisting of lands and of all appurtenances to lands, as buildings, crops, or mineral rights (distinguished from personal property).
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recollectedly — in a recollected manner
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- reflectometry — the study or science of reflectometer usage and design
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
- repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- reverberatory — characterized or produced by reverberation.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rhythm method — a method of birth control in which the couple abstain from sexual intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur.
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- roentgenology — the branch of medicine dealing with diagnosis and therapy through x-rays.
- rotary beater — a culinary utensil or device, as an eggbeater, with one or more sets of rotary blades for beating, whipping, mixing, etc.
- rotary engine — an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts.
- rotary tiller — rototiller.
- royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- school system — state education
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks