8-letter words containing y, e, t
- stickley — Gustav [guhs-tahv,, goo s-tahf] /ˈgʌs tɑv,, ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. furniture designer, architect, and leader of the Arts and Craft Movement in America.
- stievely — in a firm way
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- studenty — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an undergraduate student
- stylised — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- stylized — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- substyle — a straight line on a dial on which the style (the object that creates the shadow, on, for example, a sundial) is erected
- subtlety — the state or quality of being subtle.
- suddenty — a sudden or unexpected occurrence, esp an attack
- sveltely — in a svelte manner
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- symantec — (company) Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
- symbiote — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- symmetry — the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
- syndetic — serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
- syndeton — a syndetic construction
- synectic — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
- syntexis — the alteration of magma by assimilation of a different mineral or by melting
- synthase — an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
- system 5 — System V
- system f — polymorphic lambda-calculus
- system r — (database) A database system built as a research project at IBM San Jose Research (now IBM Almaden Research Center) in the 1970s. System R introduced the SQL language and also demonstrated that a relational system database could provide good transaction processing performance.
- system v — 1. The other major versions of the Unix operating system apart from BSD. Developed by AT&T. Later versions of Unix such as SunOS combined the best features of System V and BSD Unix. 2. A supplier of Unix open systems for Intel x86 processors. They supply products from SCO and Solaris and offer general support for Unix, TCP/IP, and Internet. They serve and create third-party WWW pages and provide on-line support for commercial and non-commercial applications. See also System V Interface Definition.
- systemed — having a system
- systemic — of or relating to a system.
- takeaway — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- tax levy — the amount of money charged as taxation on particular assets or goods
- tax year — A tax year is a particular period of twelve months which is used by the government as a basis for calculating taxes and for organizing its finances and accounts. In Britain, the tax year begins on April 6th and ends on April 5th. In the United States, the tax year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- tayberry — a hybrid shrub produced by crossing a blackberry, raspberry, and loganberry
- tea cosy — A tea cosy is a soft knitted or fabric cover which you put over a teapot in order to keep the tea hot.
- tea cozy — cozy (def 5).
- tea lady — a woman employed in a factory, office, etc to make tea during a tea break
- tea tray — a tray for carrying or holding articles used in serving tea.
- teaberry — the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
- tearaway — designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal.
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- teleplay — a play written or adapted for broadcast on television.
- teletype — (lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.
- temerity — reckless boldness; rashness.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.