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17-letter words containing l, y, a, u

  • inconsequentially — The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence.
  • indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
  • individual medley — a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay (def 2).
  • industrial injury — an injury sustained by an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
  • insurmountability — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
  • joachim du bellay — Joachim [French zhaw-a-keem] /French ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), Bellay, Joachim du.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • jurisprudentially — In terms of jurisprudence.
  • keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
  • ladies' auxiliary — an organization usually made up of the wives of members of another organization
  • lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
  • liability account — A liability account is an account recording a company's liabilities.
  • literary executor — a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
  • make the dust fly — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • marriage equality — the state of having the same rights and responsibilities of marriage as others, regardless of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
  • molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
  • more than usually — You use more than usually to show that something shows even more of a particular quality than it normally does.
  • mullerian mimicry — the resemblance in appearance of two or more unpalatable species, which are avoided by predators to a greater degree than any one of the species would be otherwise.
  • multicollinearity — (statistics) A phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated, so that the coefficient estimates may change erratically in response to small changes in the model or data.
  • multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
  • multimedia system — multimedia
  • multipotentiality — The capacity to develop in multiple ways; the state of having multiple potentialities.
  • mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
  • muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • national security — defence of a country
  • natural frequency — the frequency at which a system vibrates when set in free vibration
  • neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
  • neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
  • nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
  • nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
  • olympic mountains — a mountain range in NW Washington: part of the Coast Range. Highest peak: Mount Olympus, 2427 m (7965 ft)
  • olympic peninsula — a large peninsula of W Washington
  • opportunistically — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • penalty shoot-out — In football, a penalty shoot-out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game.
  • photofluorography — photography of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination, used in x-ray examination of the lungs of large groups of people.
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