15-letter words containing t, u, o, y, e
- course of study — an extended period of organized study, often leading to a qualification
- court of equity — a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.
- crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- cut your losses — If you cut your losses, you stop doing what you were doing in order to prevent the bad situation that you are in becoming worse.
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
- daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
- day of judgment — Judgment Day
- dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
- delayed neutron — a neutron produced in a nuclear reactor by the breakdown of a fission product and released a short time after neutrons produced in the primary process
- dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
- dougherty wagon — a horse- or mule-drawn passenger wagon having doors on the side, transverse seats, and canvas sides that can be rolled down.
- duty to retreat — a legal principle that requires a person as a first response to back away or flee from a threatening situation rather than attempt self-defense by deadly force: Duty to retreat has always been a debatable doctrine.
- eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
- endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethyl cellulose — an ethyl ether of cellulose obtained as a white granular solid by treating wood pulp soaked in sodium hydroxide (alkali cellulose) with ethyl chloride: used in adhesives, plastics, insulation, etc.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- full employment — all of workforce is employed
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- great synagogue — (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
- instantaneously — occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.