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14-letter words containing t, o, y, n

  • equity account — An equity account is an account recording ownership interests in a company.
  • erythropoietin — A hormone secreted by the kidneys that increases the rate of production of red blood cells in response to falling levels of oxygen in the tissues.
  • essay question — an examination question that requires an answer in the form of an essay
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
  • every so often — now and again
  • evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
  • exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extensionality — extensional equality
  • extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
  • faculty lounge — a staffroom
  • fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
  • fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
  • forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • foundation day — former name of Australia Day.
  • foundationally — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
  • go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
  • goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • have an eye to — to watch out for; attend to
  • heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • henry st. johnHenry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • henry the lion — ?1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–81). His ambitions led to conflict with the Holy Roman Emperors, notably Frederick Barbarossa
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
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