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14-letter words containing y, e, t, s

  • tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • test-tube baby — an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.
  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • the july sales — a traditional retail event occurring in the month of July, when shops sell things at less than their normal price
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the story goes — it is commonly said or believed
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • 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.
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • torrens system — (in Australia, England, Canada, certain states of the U.S., etc.) a system of registration of land titles in which the titles are settled consequent to establishment and validation by a legal proceeding, designed chiefly to make title insurance unnecessary and to facilitate transfers.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • transit system — public transport service
  • transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
  • transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • transversality — the state of being transversal
  • traveler's-joy — a woody vine, Clematis vitalba, of the buttercup family, native to Europe and northern Africa, having long-plumed fruit and slightly fragrant, white flowers.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
  • treinta y tres — a city in E Uruguay.
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • 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.
  • try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
  • trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
  • turnkey system — Computers. a computer system purchased from hardware and software vendors, customized and put in working order by a firm that then sells the completed system to the client that ordered it.
  • twenty-seventh — next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
  • two-way street — an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
  • unrestrictedly — in an unrestricted manner
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