13-letter words containing yo
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- megacaryocyte — Alternative form of megakaryocyte.
- megakaryocyte — a large bone-marrow cell having a lobulate nucleus, regarded as the source of blood platelets.
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
- not your type — If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.
- off with you! — go away! depart!
- old and young — people of all ages
- on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
- on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
- on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
- pay as you go — the act of paying or being paid; payment.
- pay-as-you-go — the principle or practice of paying for goods and services at the time of purchase, rather than relying on credit.
- pencil crayon — coloured pencil
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- roll-your-own — a cigarette that one has rolled oneself.
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
- wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
- west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
- what have you — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- what you will — whatever you like
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?
- yo-yo dieting — a repeated cycle of weight loss followed by weight gain.
- yol computers — (company) A company in London, UK that sells computer and network systems, established in 2001.
- york imperial — an American variety of yellow or green apple with red stripes.
- yorkshire fog — a common tufted grass, Holcus lanatus, having downy leaves and flower heads that are white or pink and branched, with spikelets carrying the flowers
- you can't win — an expression of resignation after an unsuccessful attempt to overcome difficulties
- you don't say — You can use 'You don't say' to express surprise at what someone has told you. People often use this expression to indicate that in fact they are not surprised.
- you know what — a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
- young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
- young-looking — having the appearance of youth
- your nineties — the ages between 90–99
- yourdon, inc. — (company) The company founded in 1974 by Edward Yourdon to provide educational, publishing, and consulting services in state-of-the-art software engineering technology. Over the next 12 years, the company grew to a staff of over 150 people, with offices throughout North America and Europe. As CEO of the company, Yourdon oversaw an operation that trained over 250,000 people around the world; the company was sold in 1986 and eventually became part of CGI, the French software company that is now part of IBM. The publishing division, Yourdon Press (now part of Prentice Hall), has produced over 150 technical computer books on a wide range of software engineering topics; many of these "classics" are used as standard university computer science textbooks.
- youth culture — the activities and behaviour associated with young people
- youth custody — (in Britain) a sentence of from four to eighteen months' detention passed on a person aged 15 to 21
- youtube, inc. — (web, video) An on-line video file sharing web site, founded on 2005-02-14 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Anyone can upload video clips to the site and these can then be viewed by others. In 2007, many such sites exist but YouTube is the best known. YouTube is funded by Sequoia Capital. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc.. YouTube has partnership deals with content providers such as CBS, BBC, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group, NBA, The Sundance Channel and many more.