15-letter words containing a, n, y, l, u
- quality control — a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.
- quantifiability — (uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable.
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quezon y molina — Manuel Luis [mah-nwel lwees] /mɑˈnwɛl lwis/ (Show IPA), 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.
- radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- regulatory gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
- rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- salisbury plain — a plateau in S England, N of Salisbury: the site of Stonehenge.
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- supernaturality — the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
- sustained yield — the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- tehuacan valley — a desert valley site in Puebla, Mexico, where aridity has preserved the vegetable remains of communities from 9000 b.c. to historic times, thus documenting the transition from hunting and gathering to the largely agricultural subsistence of the full Neolithic phase (1500–900 b.c.).
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
- unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unadulteratedly — in an unadulterated or genuine manner
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- unattainability — capable of being attained.
- unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
- uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- unconditionally — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner