14-letter words containing y, p
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- tachygraphical — characteristic of tachygraphy
- tachyphylactic — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- teletypesetter — a keyboard device whose output can either be punched tape, which can be used directly to operate a line-casting machine, or be transmitted by cable or wire to operate such a machine indirectly
- teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- the top thirty — the thirty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
- the top twenty — the twenty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- three-act play — a dramatic production such as play or film which is divided into three acts or sections
- threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.