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17-letter words containing u, n, a, r, y

  • gulf war syndrome — a group of symptoms occurring in some Gulf War veterans, most commonly including headache and memory loss, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments, possibly caused by exposure to chemical weapons, vaccines, infectious diseases, or other factors.
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
  • heritage industry — an industry that manages the historical sites, buildings, and museums in a particular place, with the aim of encouraging tourism
  • homeland security — national defence
  • hydrofluorocarbon — Any of a class of partly chlorinated and fluorinated hydrocarbons, used as an alternative to chlorofluorocarbons in foam production, refrigeration, and other processes.
  • hyperintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
  • i beg your pardon — You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
  • illocutionary act — an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening
  • industrial injury — an injury sustained by an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
  • industry standard — an established standard, norm, or requirement in a particular area of business
  • insurance company — company that sells insurance policies
  • insurmountability — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • journeyman joiner — a joiner who is qualified to work in the employment of another
  • jurisprudentially — In terms of jurisprudence.
  • keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
  • key man insurance — Key man insurance is an insurance policy taken out by a small company on the life of a senior executive whose death would create a serious loss.
  • key-man assurance — an assurance policy taken out, esp by a small company, on the life of a senior executive whose death would create a serious loss
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
  • manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • mesembryanthemums — Plural form of mesembryanthemum.
  • microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
  • more than usually — You use more than usually to show that something shows even more of a particular quality than it normally does.
  • mullerian mimicry — the resemblance in appearance of two or more unpalatable species, which are avoided by predators to a greater degree than any one of the species would be otherwise.
  • multicollinearity — (statistics) A phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated, so that the coefficient estimates may change erratically in response to small changes in the model or data.
  • multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
  • mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • national security — defence of a country
  • natural frequency — the frequency at which a system vibrates when set in free vibration
  • neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
  • neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
  • neuropsychiatrist — A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
  • northcountrywoman — a female native or inhabitant of the North of England
  • nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
  • nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
  • nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
  • odour of sanctity — sanctimoniousness
  • opportunistically — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • parachute payment — a payment made to alleviate hardship resulting from a sudden loss of income
  • parents anonymous — (in Britain) an association of local voluntary self-help groups offering help through an anonymous telephone service to parents who fear they will injure their children, or who have other problems in managing their children
  • pinpoint accuracy — extreme accuracy
  • plastics industry — the industry that makes plastics
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