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15-letter words containing u, c, a, y, l

  • crunchy granola — crisp; brittle.
  • crunchy-granola — characterized by or defining oneself by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and support or use of natural products and health foods.
  • crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
  • crystal nucleus — the tiny crystal that forms at the onset of crystallization
  • crystal pick-up — a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
  • cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
  • cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
  • dramaturgically — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • extracellularly — In an extracellular manner.
  • extrajudicially — Outside of the legal system.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • functionability — functional (def 3).
  • fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
  • glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
  • hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • horticulturally — With respect to horticulture.
  • hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
  • hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
  • hydraulic fluid — a fluid, usually of low viscosity, as oil, used in a hydraulic system.
  • hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
  • hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
  • hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
  • inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
  • incalculability — The quality or state of being incalculable.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
  • inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
  • intellectuality — the quality or state of being intellectual.
  • interculturally — pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures: intercultural exchanges in music and art.
  • interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
  • intracellularly — within a cell or cells.
  • intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
  • intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
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