11-letter words containing y, e, a, r, h
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- squirearchy — the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
- teletherapy — treatment in which the source of therapy is some distance from the body, as certain radiation therapies.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- tetrahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) tetrahydroxy.
- tetrahymena — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Tetrahymena, a relative of the paramecium: often used in genetics research.
- the battery — a park in New York City, at the S tip of Manhattan: 21 acres
- theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
- thermically — in a thermic manner
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- tracheotomy — the operation of cutting into the trachea.
- tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
- un-hydrated — (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- where away? — in what direction?
- whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
- wither away — weaken and die
- xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
- xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
- yet another — (jargon) (YA-, after Unix's yacc - Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) A humorous allusion often used in titles to acknowledge that the topic is not original, though the content is. As in "Yet Another AI Group" or "Yet Another Simulated Annealing Algorithm". If used of others' work, it describes something of which there are already far too many. In hackish acronyms the "YA" prefix almost invariably expands to Yet Another, e.g. YABA, YAUN.
- zephyr yarn — any of various soft, lightweight yarns, often of silk, rayon, or a combination of natural and synthetic fibers, for woven and knit goods.