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15-letter words containing m, y, a

  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
  • umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
  • uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
  • uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
  • unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
  • upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • utility company — a company which supplies utilities, such as gas, electricity, phones, etc
  • utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
  • vacuum activity — instinctive behaviour occurring in the absence of the appropriate stimulus
  • valency grammar — a system of linguistic syntax, conceived by analogy with chemical valency, according to which verbs have valencies dependent on the number of noun phrases with which they combine
  • valerian family — the plant family Valerianaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple or compound, opposite leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, indehiscent fruit, and including corn salad, spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi), and valerian.
  • varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
  • vascular system — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
  • x-ray astronomy — the branch of astronomy that studies celestial objects by means of the x-rays emitted by them.
  • yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
  • yosemite valley — a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It has an altitude of about 1200 m (4000 ft), with sheer walls rising about another 1200 m (4000 ft).
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