14-letter words containing y, e, d, o
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- seventy-second — next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- sit-down money — social security benefits
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
- spending money — money for small personal expenses.
- standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
- street orderly — street cleaner.
- strong-eye dog — a dog trained to control sheep by its gaze
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
- under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- worldly-minded — having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
- wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
- yard-long bean — asparagus bean.
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- yellow-bellied — having a yellow abdomen or underside.
- yorkshire bond — flying bond.
- young marrieds — young married people