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14-letter words containing u, c, a, y

  • juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
  • just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
  • justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
  • lauryl alcohol — a compound that, depending upon purity, is either a crystalline solid or colorless liquid, C 12 H 26 O, obtained by the reduction of fatty acids of coconut oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic detergents.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • leucocythaemia — leukaemia
  • leucocytopenia — leucopenia
  • leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
  • liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
  • lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
  • machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • malacophyllous — (of plants living in dry regions) having fleshy leaves in which water is stored
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
  • michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
  • microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • museologically — In a museological manner.
  • musical comedy — musical (def 5).
  • mutual society — co-operative organization
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
  • neurogenically — by neural activity
  • neurologically — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • nuclear energy — energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
  • nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • platycephalous — flat-headed
  • pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
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