11-letter words containing y, e, t, a, n, o
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
- say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- table money — an allowance for official entertaining of visitors, etc, esp in the army
- 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.
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tennysonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tensionally — in a tensional manner
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thiocyanate — a salt or ester of thiocyanic acid, as sodium thiocyanate, NaSCN.
- to a nicety — with precision
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- two a penny — Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.
- tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- vaginectomy — excision of part or all of the vagina.
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- video nasty — A video nasty is an extremely violent or frightening film which people can only buy on video.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
- 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.
- you name it — You say you name it, usually after or before a list, to indicate that you are talking about a very wide range of things.