12-letter words containing t, o, y, u
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
- royal quarto — a book size, 10 by 121⁄2 inches
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- safety touch — a two-point play
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
- solicitously — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- sooty grouse — blue grouse.
- sound system — equipment for playing music
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- squattocracy — squatters collectively, regarded as rich and influential
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- sternutatory — Also, sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
- storey house — (in W Africa) a house having more than one storey
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
- the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- to your feet — If you get or rise to your feet, you stand up.
- top security — ultra secure
- touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.