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15-letter words containing u, n, a, r, i

  • premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
  • primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • principal value — a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
  • probit equation — A probit equation is used to quantify the relationship between the concentration of a dangerous material and its effect on people.
  • pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • pure and simple — sheer, utter
  • purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
  • quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
  • quadripartition — A division into four parts.
  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quality control — a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.
  • quantity theory — a theory stating that the general price level varies directly with the quantity of money in circulation and the velocity with which it is circulated, and inversely with the volume of production expressed by the total number of money transactions
  • quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
  • quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
  • quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • quarter section — (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbreviation: q.s.
  • quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
  • quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • quasi-universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
  • query expansion — (information science)   Adding search terms to a user's search. Query expansion is the process of a search engine adding search terms to a user's weighted search. The intent is to improve precision and/or recall. The additional terms may be taken from a thesaurus. For example a search for "car" may be expanded to: car cars auto autos automobile automobiles. The additional terms may also be taken from documents that the user has specified as being relevant; this is the basis for the "more like this" feature of some search engines. The extra terms can have positive or negative weights.
  • question master — quizmaster.
  • quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
  • quick-and-dirty — Informal. slipshod.
  • quincentenaries — Plural form of quincentenary.
  • quinquagenarian — 50 years of age.
  • quotation marks — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
  • radio announcer — someone who broadcasts or presents radio programmes
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
  • radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
  • railway journey — a journey made by railway train
  • ram-air turbine — a small air-driven turbine fitted to an aircraft to provide power in the event of a failure of the normal systems
  • ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
  • rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
  • reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
  • reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
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