15-letter words containing u, n, d, a, r
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- hare and hounds — an outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point.
- harun al-rashid — a.d. 764?–809, caliph of Baghdad 786–809: one of the greatest Abbasids, he was made almost a legendary hero in the Arabian Nights.
- harun ar-rashid — a.d. 764?-809; caliph of Baghdad (786-809): given popular fame as a hero of The Arabian Nights
- haute-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: generally fertile and flat
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunomodulator — a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- industrial arts — (used with a plural verb) the methods of using tools and machinery, as taught in secondary and technical schools.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- interindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
- intraindividual — Occurring within an individual.
- inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
- island universe — an external galaxy.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- juan de la cruz — San [sahn] /sɑn/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- julian calendar — the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- lantern gurnard — a type of gurnard
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- liquid paraffin — a colourless almost tasteless oily liquid obtained by petroleum distillation and used as a laxative
- lord lieutenant — British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- louis d'orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- luggage handler — someone whose job is to handle and direct luggage, esp at an airport
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.