14-letter words containing y, o, t
- yenisei ostyak — Ket.
- yoda condition — (programming) The programming practise of using if (constant == variable) e.g. if (4 == foo) instead of the more natural if (variable == constant) It is named after the Star Wars character Yoda who says things like "Strong is Vader". It may have been invented as a way to prevent coding errors like if (count = 5) (accidentally using a single "=" (assignment) instead of a double "==" (comparison)). The above is syntactically valid whereas the Yoda equivalent would give a compile-time error.
- yosemite falls — a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2526 feet (770 meters).
- you bet (you)! — certainly!
- you can't talk — you yourself are guilty of offending in the very matter you are decrying
- you don't know — You can say 'You don't know' in order to emphasize how strongly you feel about the remark you are going to make.
- your seventies — the ages between 70–79
- youth hosteler — a person who stays at youth hostels during travels.
- youth movement — a political, religious or social movement that is made up of young people
- youth offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.
- yttrocolumbite — Yttrotantalite.
- yttrotantalite — a mineral, tantalite and niobate of yttrium and various elements, as iron, and cerium, occurring in the form of brown-black crystals.
- zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
- zoophytologist — an expert in zoophytology
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
- zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
- zygomatic bone — a bone on each side of the face below the eye, forming the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone.