15-letter words containing n, o, a, r, y
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
- unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- untraditionally — in an untraditional fashion; not traditionally
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- victoria nyanza — Victoria (def 10).
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- water pennywort — any of numerous perennial herbs of the genus Hydrocotyle, of the parsley family, having rounded leaves and living in water or marshy places.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- x-ray astronomy — the branch of astronomy that studies celestial objects by means of the x-rays emitted by them.
- x-ray diagnosis — diagnosis by means of an X-ray
- 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.
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.