15-letter words containing o, n, y, u
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- unintentionally — not intentional or deliberate: an unintentional omission from the list.
- union territory — one of the 6 administrative territories that, with 28 states, make up the Republic of India
- 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.)
- unknown country — an unfamiliar topic, place, matter, etc
- unobjectionably — without objection
- unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- untraditionally — in an untraditional fashion; not traditionally
- untrustworthily — in an untrustworthy manner; not trustworthily
- 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.
- utility company — a company which supplies utilities, such as gas, electricity, phones, etc
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- whitley council — any of a number of organizations made up of representatives of employees and employers for joint consultation on and settlement of industrial relations and conditions for a particular industry or service
- yes-no question — a question calling for an answer of yes or no, as Are you ready?
- yes/no question — a question inviting the answer "yes" or "no"
- 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.
- you can keep it — I have no interest in what you are offering
- young pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- young's modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between a stress that acts to change the length of a body and the fractional change in length caused by this force.
- your-excellency — (usually initial capital letter). Also, Excellence. a title of honor given to certain high officials, as governors, ambassadors, and Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops (preceded by his, your, etc.).