16-letter words containing t, y, p, e

shutter priority — of or relating to a semiautomatic exposure system in which the photographer presets the shutter speed and the camera selects the aperture.
shutter-priority — of or relating to a semiautomatic exposure system in which the photographer presets the shutter speed and the camera selects the aperture.
simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.
speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
speech synthesis — computer-generated audio output that imitates human speech
sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
sprinkler system — apparatus for automatically extinguishing fires in a building, consisting of a system of water pipes in or below the ceilings, with valves or sprinklers usually made to open automatically at a certain temperature.
standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
storage capacity — amount of room or space
superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
supersensitivity — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
synthetic speech — computer-generated audio output that resembles human speech, produced by an electronic synthesizer operated by means of a keyboard.
system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
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 moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
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 play for time — If you play for time, you try to make something happen more slowly, because you do not want it to happen or because you need time to think about what to do if it happens.
to play the fool — If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh.
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.
transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
twelvepenny nail — a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 cm) long.
two-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of two bodies in space moving solely under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction.
two-party system — a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
up to one's eyes — extremely busy (with)

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