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14-letter words containing u, n, h, y

  • light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • mare tyrrhenum — (Tyrrhenian Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methylene blue — a dark-green, crystalline compound, C 1 6 H 1 8 ClN 3 S, that dissolves in water to form a deep-blue solution: used chiefly as a dye, as a bacteriological and biological stain, and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning.
  • michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
  • multiethnicity — The state of being multiethnic.
  • naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • on the way out — If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
  • psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
  • quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
  • queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
  • rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
  • seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
  • southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • the full monty — something in its entirety
  • the quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
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