14-letter words containing a, n, y, u
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- fancy geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium domesticum, of southern Africa, having roundish clusters of large white, pink, or red flowers.
- farey sequence — the increasing sequence of fractions in which numerator and denominator have no common divisor other than one and in which the denominator is less than or equal to a given positive integer p. For p = 4, the Farey sequence of order 4 is 0/1, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 1/1.
- feng yu-hsiang — ("Christian General") 1880–1948, Chinese general.
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- foundation day — former name of Australia Day.
- foundationally — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- get a guernsey — to be selected or gain recognition for something
- graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
- granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- harry s truman — Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- illuminatingly — In an illuminating manner.
- imaginary unit — the complex number i.
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- incommunicably — In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
- indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
- indubitability — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- institutionary — of or relating to an institution or institutions; institutional.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.