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13-letter words containing u, e, y

  • fourpenny one — a blow, esp with the fist
  • frelinghuysenFrederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
  • fully fledged — Fully fledged means complete or fully developed.
  • fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • funemployment — the condition of a person who enjoys being out of work
  • futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
  • gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
  • gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
  • gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
  • halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
  • hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
  • haskell curry — (person)   Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
  • he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
  • heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
  • heavily built — with a big heavy body
  • heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
  • heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
  • heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
  • heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
  • hexadactylous — hexadactylic
  • holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
  • homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
  • homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • hourly worker — an employee who is paid an hourly rate rather than a fixed salary
  • house of keys — the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man.
  • housey-housey — house (def 19).
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
  • hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
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