15-letter words containing y, e, t

euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
everly brothers — the. US pop singing duo comprising Don Everly (born 1937) and Phil Everly 1939–2014, noted for their close harmonies
excess capacity — unused production capacity
exchangeability — The condition of being exchangeable.
excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
exoerythrocytic — occurring outside the red blood cells, esp of a developmental stage of protozoan parasites
extended family — relatives
extended memory — (storage) Memory above the first megabyte of address space in an IBM PC with an 80286 or later processor. Extended memory is not directly available in real mode, only through EMS, UMB, XMS, or HMA; only applications executing in protected mode can use extended memory directly. In this case, the extended memory is provided by a supervising protected-mode operating system such as Microsoft Windows. The processor makes this memory available through a system of global descriptor tables and local descriptor tables. The memory is "protected" in the sense that memory assigned a local descriptor cannot be accessed by another program without causing a hardware trap. This prevents programs running in protected mode from interfering with each other's memory. A protected-mode operating system such as Windows can also run real-mode programs and provide expanded memory to them. DOS Protected Mode Interface is Microsoft's prescribed method for an MS-DOS program to access extended memory under a multitasking environment. Having extended memory does not necessarily mean that you have more than one megabyte of memory since the reserved memory area may be partially empty. In fact, if your 386 or higher uses extended memory as expanded memory then that part is not in excess of 1Mb. See also conventional memory.
external galaxy — any galaxy beyond our own galaxy
external memory — (storage) A vague term for slower, non-volatile storage, usually magnetic disk, in contrast to main memory which is usually volatile semiconductor RAM.
extracellularly — In an extracellular manner.
extradictionary — (obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.
extrajudicially — Outside of the legal system.
extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
eye examination — an eye test
factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
faint-heartedly — nervously
fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
fairy footsteps — heavy footsteps
fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
fetch and carry — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
field artillery — artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.
field intensity — the vector sum of all forces exerted by a field on a unit mass, unit charge, unit magnetic pole, etc., at a given point within the field.
first secretary — The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly is the leader of the ruling party.
first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
fixed-do system — a system of solmization in which the syllable do is always C, regardless of the key.
fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
flying fortress — a heavy bomber, the B-17, with four radial piston engines, widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
football player — sportsperson: plays football
for a certainty — without doubt
for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
fountain valley — a city in SW California.
fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
full employment — all of workforce is employed
gaia hypothesis — a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.

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