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14-letter words containing l, u, r, y

  • supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
  • supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • tintinnabulary — of bells or the ringing of bells
  • to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
  • transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
  • transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
  • try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
  • tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography)   A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
  • turkey vulture — a blackish-brown vulture, Cathartes aura, from the southern U.S. to South America, having a bare, wrinkled, red head and neck.
  • ultra-royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
  • ultramicrotomy — the practice of using an ultramicrotome
  • unalterability — the state or quality of not being alterable or not being able to be changed
  • unartificially — in an unartificial manner
  • unattractively — in an unattractive manner
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • uncontrollably — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
  • undramatically — in an undramatic manner
  • unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
  • unpretendingly — without pretence
  • unpropitiously — in an unfavourable or inauspicious manner
  • unprosperously — in an unprosperous or unsuccessful manner
  • unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
  • unreconcilably — in an unreconcilable manner
  • unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
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