11-letter words containing y, t, r, i
- tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
- torrey pine — a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.
- torsibility — resistance to torsion.
- toy soldier — child's plaything: small military figure
- tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
- traducingly — in a traducing manner
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- train ferry — a ship designed to carry railway vehicles
- tranquility — quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
- transiently — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
- triadically — characteristic of a triad
- triannually — done, occurring, issued, etc., three times a year.
- triaxiality — a triaxial nature
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- triennially — occurring every three years.
- trimodality — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- trinitytide — the period between Trinity Sunday and Advent.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- triple play — a play in which three put-outs are made.
- trisyllabic — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
- trisyllable — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
- troglodytic — a prehistoric cave dweller.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
- typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
- typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
- typographic — of or relating to typography.
- tyrannicide — the act of killing a tyrant.
- tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
- tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
- tyrosinosis — a condition characterized by abnormally large amounts of tyrosine in the urine, caused by faulty metabolism.
- tyrothricin — an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses
- unarbitrary — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- uncertainly — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
- unmeritedly — in a way that is not merited or deserved
- unrestingly — in an unresting manner
- unthriftily — not thriftily; in an unthrifty manner; with a lack of thrift
- vaccinatory — used for or relating to vaccination
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- vanity fair — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity.