15-letter words containing u, e, y
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
- new york minute — a very short time.
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
- nonconceptually — In a nonconceptual manner.
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
- nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
- nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.
- null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
- nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
- nyquist theorem — (communications) A theorem stating that when an analogue waveform is digitised, only the frequencies in the waveform below half the sampling frequency will be recorded. In order to reconstruct (interpolate) a signal from a sequence of samples, sufficient samples must be recorded to capture the peaks and troughs of the original waveform. If a waveform is sampled at less than twice its frequency the reconstructed waveform will effectively contribute only noise. This phenomenon is called "aliasing" (the high frequencies are "under an alias"). This is why the best digital audio is sampled at 44,000 Hz - twice the average upper limit of human hearing. The Nyquist Theorem is not specific to digitised signals (represented by discrete amplitude levels) but applies to any sampled signal (represented by discrete time values), not just sound.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- orekhovo-zuyevo — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow.
- out on your ear — If someone says that you will be out on your ear, they mean that you will be forced to leave a job, an organization or a place suddenly.
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
- oyster mushroom — oyster cap.
- pay as you earn — a method of paying tax in which the tax is taken off your wages before they are paid to you
- pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
- peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personal injury — injury to an individual
- petroleum jelly — sticky substance used as lubricant
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- phenylene group — any of three bivalent, isomeric groups having the formula –C 6 H 4 –, derived from benzene by the removal of two hydrogen atoms.
- phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
- polyisobutylene — a polymer of isobutylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.
- polyphemus moth — a large, yellowish-brown American silkworm moth, Antheraea polyphemus, having a prominent eyespot on each hind wing and feeding on cherry, apple, and other trees.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.