15-letter words containing a, d, u
- ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
- abundant number — a positive number that is less than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 12, which is less than the sum of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.
- accrued alimony — an amount of alimony that has not been paid
- accrued charges — charges incurred in one accounting period that have not been paid by the end of it
- accrued expense — an expense incurred but not yet paid, as accrued interest on notes payable.
- achieved status — the social position a person gains as a result of personal effort.
- added-value tax — value-added tax.
- adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
- adjustable-rate — designating or of a debt obligation, esp. a mortgage on real property, having terms which allow the interest rate to change over time
- admiralty court — the court that has jurisdiction in matters relating to maritime law
- admiralty house — the official residence of the Governor General of Australia, in Sydney
- adrenal medulla — the inner part of the adrenal gland from which adrenaline is secreted
- adrenaline rush — a feeling of excitement, stimulation and enhanced physical ability produced when the body secretes large amounts of adrenaline in response to a sudden perceived or induced stress situation
- adult education — Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic. Classes are often held in the evenings.
- advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
- adventuresomely — In an adventuresome manner.
- adventurousness — the quality of being adventurous
- advocate depute — a Scottish law officer with the functions of public prosecutor
- adygei republic — a constituent republic of SW Russia, bordering on the Caucasus Mountains: chiefly agricultural but with some mineral resources. Capital: Maikop. Pop: 447 000 (2002). Area: 7600 sq km (2934 sq miles)
- affaire d'amour — a love affair
- agro-industrial — the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food using modern equipment and methods.
- airing cupboard — In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.
- albemarle sound — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE North Carolina. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)
- alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
- alexandroupolis — a port in NE Greece, in W Thrace. Pop: 52 720 (2001 est)
- alkylating drug — any of various potentially cytotoxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic substances: used therapeutically to destroy cells, especially proliferating cancer cells.
- all mockered up — dressed up
- all of a sudden — If something happens all of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
- allemande sauce — a velouté thickened and enriched with egg yolk.
- aluminium oxide — a white or colourless insoluble powder occurring naturally as corundum and used in the production of aluminium and its compounds, abrasives, glass, and ceramics. Formula: Al2O3
- amador guerrero — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1833–1909, Panamanian political leader: first president of Panama 1904–08.
- amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
- ammunition dump — a place where ammunition is left
- andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
- aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
- anne de beaujeu — (Anne de Beaujeu) 1460–1522, daughter of Louis XI of France: regent during the minority of her brother Charles VIII 1483–91.
- annulled branch — delayed control-transfer
- anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
- antieducational — opposing the provision of knowledge
- anybody's guess — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
- argyll and bute — a council area in W Scotland on the Atlantic Ocean: in 1975 the historical counties of Argyllshire and Bute became part of Strathclyde region; in 1996 they were reinstated as a single unitary authority. Argyll and Bute is mountainous and includes the islands of Bute, Mull, Islay, and Jura. Administrative centre: Lochgilphead. Pop: 91 300 (2003 est). Area: 6930 sq km (2676 sq miles)
- around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
- arrest judgment — to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
- asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
- ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
- assistant judge — a person who assists a judge in their work or who is not yet fully qualified as a judge
- assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
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