15-letter words containing u, n, c, a, y
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- medullary canal — the central area of a bone, containing marrow
- menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
- netzahualcoyotl — a city in S central Mexico, in the state of Mexico.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- 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.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- 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.
- northcountryman — a native or inhabitant of the North of England
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- 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.
- quarter century — a period of twenty five years
- quatercentenary — a 400th aniversary or its celebration.
- quick-and-dirty — Informal. slipshod.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- sesquicentenary — a hundred and fiftieth anniversary
- so much/so many — You use so much and so many when you are saying that there is a definite limit to something but you are not saying what this limit is.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- tehuacan valley — a desert valley site in Puebla, Mexico, where aridity has preserved the vegetable remains of communities from 9000 b.c. to historic times, thus documenting the transition from hunting and gathering to the largely agricultural subsistence of the full Neolithic phase (1500–900 b.c.).
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner