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15-letter words containing u, n, e, a

  • andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • anfractuosities — Plural form of anfractuosity.
  • angel's-trumpet — any of several plants belonging to the genera Brugmansia and Datura, of the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • angry young men — a group of young writers in Great Britain after WWII, bitterly critical of upper-class and middle-class values, practices, etc.
  • angular measure — the units used to measure angles. Compare angle1 (def 1c).
  • angustirostrate — having a narrow, beak-like part
  • anne de beaujeu — (Anne de Beaujeu) 1460–1522, daughter of Louis XI of France: regent during the minority of her brother Charles VIII 1483–91.
  • anne hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
  • anne of austria — 1601–66, wife of Louis XIII of France and daughter of Philip III of Spain: regent of France (1643–61) for her son Louis XIV
  • annuity certain — an annuity payable for a certain number of years regardless of any contingency.
  • annuity payment — a payment that the investor receives at regular intervals from an annuity
  • annular eclipse — an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon
  • annulled branch — delayed control-transfer
  • antepenultimate — third from last
  • anthony burgess — Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • anti-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • antibureaucracy — Opposed to bureaucracy.
  • anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
  • anticommutative — (of a binary operation) having the property that one term operating on a second is equal to the negative of the second operating on the first, as ab = −ba.
  • antieducational — opposing the provision of knowledge
  • antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
  • antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
  • antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
  • antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
  • anybody's guess — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
  • apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
  • appeal tribunal — An appeal tribunal is a special court or committee that is formed to reconsider a decision made by another court or committee.
  • appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
  • aqueous ammonia — ammonia (def 2).
  • aqueous-ammonia — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
  • arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
  • argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
  • argyll and bute — a council area in W Scotland on the Atlantic Ocean: in 1975 the historical counties of Argyllshire and Bute became part of Strathclyde region; in 1996 they were reinstated as a single unitary authority. Argyll and Bute is mountainous and includes the islands of Bute, Mull, Islay, and Jura. Administrative centre: Lochgilphead. Pop: 91 300 (2003 est). Area: 6930 sq km (2676 sq miles)
  • armenian church — the national Church of Armenia, founded in the early fourth century ad, the dogmas and liturgy of which are similar to those of the Orthodox Church
  • armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
  • around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
  • arrest judgment — to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
  • arrivals lounge — a waiting area for people meeting passengers
  • arthur brisbane — Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
  • asian influenza — pandemic influenza caused by a strain of the influenza virus first isolated in Singapore in 1957
  • assistant judge — a person who assists a judge in their work or who is not yet fully qualified as a judge
  • assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
  • atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
  • audience appeal — the quality of being attractive to an audience
  • audience rating — a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
  • audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
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