15-letter words containing u, n, d, y
- radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- reynolds number — a dimensionless number, vρl/η, where v is the fluid velocity, ρ the density, η the viscosity and l a dimension of the system. The value of the number indicates the type of fluid flow
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- rough and ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
- rough-and-ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- ruddy turnstone — a common shorebird, Arenaria interpres, of the New and Old World arctic, wintering south to southern South America and Australia and having striking reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
- rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- 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
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.
- 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.
- sunset industry — any industry that holds little promise of future development
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- sustained yield — the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- unadulteratedly — in an unadulterated or genuine manner
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unconditionally — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under your belt — If you have something under your belt, you have already achieved it or done it.
- under your feet — If you say that someone is under your feet, you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
- under-frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
- unintermittedly — in an unintermitted manner
- uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
- unprecedentedly — without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
- untraditionally — in an untraditional fashion; not traditionally
- urinary bladder — a distensible, muscular and membranous sac, in which the urine is retained until it is discharged from the body.