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15-letter words containing u, r, i

  • (out) on strike — striking
  • ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
  • absence seizure — petit mal.
  • accessory fruit — a fruit having enlarged accessory structures in addition to those formed from the ovary, as the strawberry, in which the fleshy tissue is the enlarged receptacle and the true fruits are the small, dry achenes borne on its surface
  • accrued alimony — an amount of alimony that has not been paid
  • acculturational — relating to acculturation
  • acoustic guitar — an ordinary guitar, which produces its normal sound through the sounding board and is not amplified in any way
  • acoustic screen — a fabric-covered, double-sided screen used in open areas such as offices to absorb noise
  • acoustoelectric — electroacoustic.
  • acrimoniousness — The quality of being resentful or cynical.
  • actinium series — a radioactive decay series that starts with uranium-235 and ends with lead-207
  • acute bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
  • adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • admiralty court — the court that has jurisdiction in matters relating to maritime law
  • admiralty house — the official residence of the Governor General of Australia, in Sydney
  • adrenaline rush — a feeling of excitement, stimulation and enhanced physical ability produced when the body secretes large amounts of adrenaline in response to a sudden perceived or induced stress situation
  • adygei republic — a constituent republic of SW Russia, bordering on the Caucasus Mountains: chiefly agricultural but with some mineral resources. Capital: Maikop. Pop: 447 000 (2002). Area: 7600 sq km (2934 sq miles)
  • affaire d'amour — a love affair
  • african buffalo — Cape buffalo.
  • age of aquarius — an astrological era believed to bring increased spirituality and harmony on earth.
  • agranulocytosis — a serious and sometimes fatal illness characterized by a marked reduction of leucocytes, usually caused by hypersensitivity to certain drugs
  • agribusinessman — a person who engages in agribusiness
  • agriculturalist — An agriculturalist is someone who is an expert on agriculture and who advises farmers.
  • agro-industrial — the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food using modern equipment and methods.
  • air-superiority — designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air-to-air combat as its principal mission.
  • airing cupboard — In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.
  • alexandroupolis — a port in NE Greece, in W Thrace. Pop: 52 720 (2001 est)
  • alkylating drug — any of various potentially cytotoxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic substances: used therapeutically to destroy cells, especially proliferating cancer cells.
  • alpha geminorum — Castor
  • aluminum borate — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, 2Al 2 O 3 ⋅B 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of crown glass.
  • aluminum bronze — any of several alloys containing a high percentage of copper with from 5 to 11 percent aluminum and varying amounts of iron, nickel, manganese, and other elements.
  • amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
  • ambulance train — a train designed to carry sick or injured people
  • american beauty — a variety of hybrid, perennial red rose
  • american league — one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. Abbreviation: A.L.
  • amicable number — either of a pair of positive integers in which each member is equal to the sum of the submultiples of the other, as 220 and 284.
  • 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.
  • anglican church — any Church of the Anglican Communion or the Anglican Communion itself
  • angustirostrate — having a narrow, beak-like part
  • 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.
  • 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
  • annus mirabilis — a year of wonders, catastrophes, or other notable events
  • anti-corruption — the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
  • anti-naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.

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