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16-letter words containing y, i, t, e

  • tokugawa iyeyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
  • top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
  • transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • tray agriculture — hydroponics.
  • triboelectricity — electricity generated by friction.
  • triiodothyronine — Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO 4 , similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
  • trimethylglycine — betaine.
  • trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
  • trinity brethren — the members of Trinity House
  • triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
  • tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
  • turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
  • twelvepenny nail — a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 cm) long.
  • twenty questions — an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
  • unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • virgin territory — place never visited
  • visibility meter — any instrument for measuring the visual range through the atmosphere, as a transmissometer.
  • volatility index — beta (def 6).
  • water lily tulip — a showy tulip, Tulipa kaufmanniana, of Turkestan, having spreading, white or pale-yellow flowers with yellow centers streaked with red.
  • waterleaf family — the plant family Hydrophyllaceae, characterized by usually hairy herbaceous plants having lobed, divided, or compound leaves, five-parted blue or white flowers, and capsular fruit, and including baby-blue-eyes, phacelia, and waterleaf.
  • weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
  • west valley city — city in NC Utah, near Salt Lake City: pop. 109,000
  • white globe lily — a bulbous Californian plant, Calochortus albus, of the lily family, having egg-shaped white flowers with a purplish base.
  • white water lily — any water lily of the genus Nymphaea, especially N. odorata, having fragrant, white flowers.
  • white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
  • white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
  • windows registry — (operating system)   The database used by Microsoft Windows 95 and later to store all sorts of configuration information such as which program should be used to open a .doc file, DLL registration information, application-specific settings and much more. The Registry is stored in .dat files, one in the user's profile containing their per-user settings and one in the Windows directory containing settings that are global to all users. These are loaded into memory at login. The loaded data appears as a tree with five main branches: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT defines file types and actions, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is an alias for one of the sub-trees of HKEY_USERS and contains user settings that override the global defaults in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The branches of the tree are called "keys" and are identified by paths like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Any node in the tree can have zero or more "values" which are actually bindings of a name and a value, e.g. "Logon User Name" = "Denis". The value can be of type string, binary, dword (long integer), multi-string value or expandable string value. Windows includes a Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
  • without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
  • woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).
  • worth your while — If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort.
  • x-ray technician — a technician who specializes in taking and processing x-rays, especially in a hospital or clinic.
  • yachting regatta — a sailing competition
  • yellowfin (tuna) — a tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellow fins and a yellow stripe on each side, important as a game and food fish and found worldwide in warm seas
  • yield management — the process of frequently adjusting the price of a product in response to various market factors, as demand or competition.
  • ziegler catalyst — any of a group of catalysts, such as titanium trichloride (TiCl3) and aluminium alkyl (Al(CH3)3), that produce stereospecific polymers
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