13-letter words containing u, a
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- alcohol abuse — the excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks
- alfred austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- all-consuming — taking up all of someone's time and attention
- all-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- allochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found in a place other than where they or their constituents were formed
- allowable cut — the amount of a natural resource, as grain or oil, that may be harvested or taken from the earth within a specified period, as limited by law for conservation.
- alluvial cone — a steep, narrow, cone-shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain
- allyl sulfide — a colorless or pale yellow, water-insoluble liquid, C 6 H 10 S, having a garlicky odor, used chiefly in flavoring.
- allylthiourea — thiosinamine.
- alonzo church — (person) A twentieth century mathematician and logician, and one of the founders of computer science. Church invented the lambda-calculus and posited a version of the Church-Turing thesis.
- alpha aquilae — Altair
- alpha aurigae — Capella
- alphabet soup — a confusing series of acronyms or abbreviations
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alpine chough — a bird of the crow family, Pyrrocorax graculus, found in the highest mountain regions of S Europe and central Asia, with a yellow bill, black plumage, and red legs
- alpine tundra — a tundra that is treeless because of high elevation rather than high latitude.
- althorp house — a mansion in Northamptonshire: seat of the Earls Spencer since 1508; originally a medieval house; altered (1787) to its present neoclassical style by Henry Holland. Diana, Princess of Wales is buried on Round Oval Island in the centre of the ornamental lake in Althorp Park
- altitude dial — an adjustable sundial utilizing the altitude of the sun, at a given latitude and time of year, as a means of telling the time.
- aluminiferous — containing or yielding aluminium or alumina
- aluminography — algraphy.
- aluminothermy — a process for reducing metallic oxides using finely divided aluminium powder. The mixture of aluminium and the oxide is ignited, causing the aluminium to be oxidized and the metal oxide to be reduced to the metal
- aluminum book — (publication) Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green". See also book titles.
- aluminum foil — silver paper
- aluminum soap — any of the salts formed by higher carboxylic acids and aluminum, as aluminum oleate, aluminum palmitate, and aluminum stearate.
- alumosilicate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO4]-1.
- amarantaceous — amaranthine
- amateur night — an entertainment featuring amateur performers, often in competition for prizes.
- ambidexterous — ambidextrous
- ambient music — a style of popular music which aims to create a relaxing atmosphere
- ambiguousness — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- ambimoustrous — able to use a computer mouse proficiently with either hand
- ambisexuality — the state of being ambisexual
- ambitiousness — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- america's cup — an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- amicus curiae — a person not directly engaged in a case who advises the court
- aminoaciduria — the presence of amino acids in urine
- ammonium salt — any salt containing the NH 4 + ion, formed by the neutralization of ammonium hydroxide by an acid.
- amorphousness — lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
- amphiblastula — the free-swimming larva of certain sponges, which consists of a hollow spherical mass of cells some of which have flagella
- amphigastrium — any of the small leaves or appendages on the under surface of the stem of some liverworts
- amphithalamus — (in an ancient Greek house) a room adjoining the thalamus.
- amphitrichous — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amundsen gulf — a gulf in the Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
- amusement tax — a tax on various forms of entertainment, paid on admissions to theaters, etc.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- anachronously — in an anachronous manner
- anak krakatau — a volcanic island in Indonesia formed by volcanic eruptions during and subsequent to 1927
- analogousness — The quality of being analogous.