9-letter words containing y, e, t
- tubectomy — salpingectomy.
- twalpenny — a Scots shilling
- twayblade — any of various orchids, especially of the genera Listera and Liparis, characterized by two nearly opposite broad leaves.
- twelfthly — in the twelfth position
- twentyish — around or approximately twenty
- twinberry — the partridgeberry, Mitchella repens.
- two-cycle — noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which two strokes are required to complete a cycle (two-stroke cycle) one to admit and compress air or an air-fuel mixture and one to ignite fuel, do work, and scavenge the cylinder.
- tycoonate — the office or position of a tycoon
- tycoonery — a group of tycoons
- tylectomy — the surgical excision of a lump or tumour
- tyndareus — the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- tynemouth — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- type site — the place where artifacts characteristic of a particular culture or cultural stage have first been found in situ, customarily adopted as the name of that culture or stage.
- type-cast — (of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- type-high — of a height equal to the distance from the foot to the face of a type: 0.918 inches (23.3 mm).
- type-site — the place where artifacts characteristic of a particular culture or cultural stage have first been found in situ, customarily adopted as the name of that culture or stage.
- type-word — type (def 8).
- typestyle — face (defs 19b, c).
- typewrite — use a typewriter
- tyranness — a woman who behaves in a tyrannical manner
- tyrannies — arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
- tyrannise — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- tyremaker — a person or company that makes tyres
- unadeptly — in an unadept or unskilled manner
- unearthly — seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty.
- unhealthy — not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- unreality — lack of reality; quality of being unreal: the unreality of dreams.
- unscythed — not cut with a scythe
- untypable — not able to be categorized; not able to be assigned to a specific type or kind
- unwealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- uterotomy — an incision of the uterus performed through the stomach, as in a Caesarean section
- varityper — a justifying typewriter used to produce copy in various type styles
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- vaxectomy — (jargon) /vak-sek't*-mee/ (By analogy with "vasectomy") Removal of a VAX. DEC's Microvaxen, especially, are much slower than newer RISC-based workstations such as the SPARC. Thus, if one knows one has a replacement coming, VAX removal can be cause for celebration.
- vegetably — like or in the manner of a vegetable.
- vegetally — in a vegetal manner
- veniality — able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- ventosity — flatulence
- ventrally — of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- verbality — wordiness; verbal diffuseness: a speech full of tedious verbality.
- verbosity — the state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness: His speeches were always marred by verbosity.
- veritably — being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
- vernality — the quality or state of being vernal
- verticity — the ability to turn
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- violently — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- vitellary — the location within an egg where the yolk is formed
- volumetry — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- vrystater — a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp one who is White