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13-letter words containing a, n, y, u

  • fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.
  • faunistically — in a faunistic manner
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
  • functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • gnu c library — (library)   (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • guanabara bay — a deep bay in the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Brazil: site of Rio de Janeiro.
  • guanylic acid — GMP.
  • gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
  • hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
  • hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • illocutionary — pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
  • immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
  • immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
  • importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
  • indian mutiny — a revolt of the sepoy troops in British India (1857–59), resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown.
  • indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
  • individuality — the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
  • ineducability — Inability to be educated.
  • ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • influentially — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • injured party — victim
  • inquiry agent — a private detective
  • insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
  • instinctually — of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
  • insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
  • integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
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