13-letter words containing y, n
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- tantalizingly — having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach: a tantalizing taste of success.
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- teensy-weensy — tiny; small.
- telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
- tendency tone — a tone that is harmonically or melodically unstable and tends naturally to resolve itself either upward or downward.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- tenosynovitis — inflammation of a tendon sheath, as from trauma, repeated strain, or systemic disease.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- thanatography — an account or story of a person's death experience
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- the archenemy — the devil
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the naked eye — If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
- the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
- the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tiffany glass — Favrile Glass.
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- time is money — don't waste time
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- token economy — a method of encouraging desirable behavior, especially in a hospital setting, by offering rewards of token money that can be exchanged for special food, access to television, and other bonuses.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- torrentiality — the quality or state of being torrential
- traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- transitionary — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
- transmittancy — a measure of the extent to which a solution transmits radiation. It is equal to the ratio of the transmittance of the solution to the transmittance of a pure solvent of the same dimensions
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner