12-letter words containing y, e, a, r, o, l
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- yellow alert — (in military or civilian defense) the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Compare blue alert, red alert, white alert.
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.
- youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc