19-letter words containing a, y, u
- a law unto yourself — If you say that someone is a law unto himself or herself, you mean that they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things.
- absolutory sentence — a sentence that acquits the accused
- advocacy journalism — journalism that promotes a cause or expresses a subjective viewpoint.
- aggravated burglary — a burglary made more serious by its violent circumstances
- allegheny mountains — a mountain range in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia: part of the Appalachian system; rising from 600 m (2000 ft) to over 1440 m (4800 ft)
- aluminium hydroxide — a white crystalline powder derived from bauxite and used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, aluminium and its salts, and in dyeing. Formula: Al(OH)3 or Al2O3.3H2O
- ancillary equipment — Ancillary equipment is machines and other technical things which are used with the main items of equipment to create a complete system.
- antimony trisulfide — a black or orange-red crystalline compound, Sb2S3, used as a pigment, in pyrotechnics and matches, for fireproofing fabrics and paper, etc.
- antoine louis barye — Antoine Louis [ahn-twan lwee] /ɑ̃ˈtwan lwi/ (Show IPA), 1795–1875, French sculptor and painter.
- apollonius dyscolus — died a.d. c140, Greek grammarian.
- aqueduct of sylvius — a canal in the midbrain, connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
- as long as your arm — If you say that a list is as long as your arm, you are emphasizing that it is very long.
- assault and battery — Assault and battery is the crime of attacking someone and causing them physical harm.
- at your convenience — at a time suitable to you
- autoerotic asphyxia — asphyxia caused by intentionally strangling oneself while masturbating in order to intensify the orgasm through reduced oxygen flow to the brain.
- bankruptcy petition — an official request for protection under bankruptcy laws, which initiates bankruptcy proceedings
- beauty preparations — the cosmetics, creams etc used to improve someone's beauty
- beggar-my-neighbour — a card game in which one player tries to win all the cards of the other player
- beta-naphthyl group — See under naphthyl.
- binocular disparity — the small differences in the positions of the parts of the images falling on each eye that results when each eye views the scene from a slightly different position; these differences make stereoscopic vision possible
- boundary commission — (in Britain) a body established by statute to undertake periodic reviews of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies and to recommend changes to take account of population shifts
- bug tracking system — (programming) (BTS) A system for receiving and filing bugs reported against a software project, and tracking those bugs until they are fixed. Most major software projects have their own BTS, the source code of which is often available for use by other projects. Well known BTSs include GNATS, Bugzilla, and Debbugs.
- buy a pig in a poke — to buy, get, or agree to something without sight or knowledge of it in advance
- by leaps and bounds — with unexpectedly rapid progess
- calcium oxychloride — a white powder that decomposes on contact with water and has the characteristic odor of gaseous chlorine: regarded, when dry, as a mixed calcium hypochlorite-chloride, used as a commercial bleach for wood pulp, textiles, oils, and soaps, and in laundering as a decolorizer and disinfectant.
- canterbury pilgrims — the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- cape york peninsula — large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
- captain of industry — You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.
- cauchy's inequality — Schwarz inequality (def 1).
- champigny-sur-marne — a suburb of Paris, on the River Marne. Pop: 75 556 (2006)
- circulating library — a small library circulated in turn to a group of schools or other institutions
- cobaltous hydroxide — a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
- cock and bull story — an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
- cock-and-bull story — If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true.
- community education — the provision of a wide range of educational and special interest courses and activities by a local authority
- community policeman — a police officer assigned to a particular area
- community programme — (in Britain) a former government scheme to provide temporary work for people unemployed for over a year
- community relations — the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
- compulsory purchase — purchase of a house or other property by a local authority or government department for public use or to make way for development, regardless of whether or not the owner wishes to sell
- computed tomography — computerized axial tomography. Abbreviation: CT.
- computer dictionary — Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- conceptualistically — In a conceptualistic sense.
- continuity equation — the mathematical statement in fluid mechanics that, for a fluid passing through a tube in a steady flow, the mass flowing through any section of the tube in a unit of time is constant.
- convergent boundary — a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
- countervailing duty — an extra import duty imposed by a country on certain imports, esp to prevent dumping or to counteract subsidies in the exporting country
- country and western — Country and western is the same as country music.
- country-and-western — country music.
- crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
- cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
- cultural relativity — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
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