13-letter words containing y, e, n
- syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
- systemization — systematize.
- szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
- tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
- teensy-weensy — tiny; small.
- telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
- tendency tone — a tone that is harmonically or melodically unstable and tends naturally to resolve itself either upward or downward.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- tenosynovitis — inflammation of a tendon sheath, as from trauma, repeated strain, or systemic disease.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- the archenemy — the devil
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the naked eye — If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
- the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
- the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- time is money — don't waste time
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- token economy — a method of encouraging desirable behavior, especially in a hospital setting, by offering rewards of token money that can be exchanged for special food, access to television, and other bonuses.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- torrentiality — the quality or state of being torrential
- transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- transversally — transverse.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
- treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours