16-letter words containing l, y, c, e, u
- elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
- expected utility — the weighted average utility of the possible outcomes of a probabilistic situation; the sum or integral of the product of the probability distribution and the utility function
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- honeymoon couple — a newly-married couple who are on their honeymoon
- huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.
- hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
- kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- lucas van leyden — (Lucas Hugensz) 1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver.
- lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
- methyl cellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
- monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
- multicellularity — The condition of being multicellular.
- multiplicatively — tending to multiply or increase.
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
- occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- papillary muscle — one of the small bundles of muscles attached to the ventricle walls and to the chordae tendineae that tighten these tendons during ventricular contraction.
- perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
- publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
- pyruvic aldehyde — a yellow, liquid compound, C 3 H 4 O 2 , containing both an aldehyde and a ketone group, usually obtained in a polymeric form: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.