14-letter words containing u, r, i
- androdioecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants
- anthropophuism — the attribution of human qualities to gods
- anti-authority — demonstrating a rejection of authority
- anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
- anti-neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- anticommutator — (mathematics) A function of two elements A and B, defined as AB + BA.
- anticorruption — the opposition to or prevention of corruption
- antifilibuster — a person or method in opposition to filibustering
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antiquarianism — pertaining to antiquaries or to the study of antiquities.
- antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
- antirepublican — opposed to the principles or practice of republicanism
- antiscriptural — opposed to or contradicting scripture
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- antitubercular — acting against tuberculosis
- antiulcerative — An antiulcerative is an agent that prevents the formation or promotes the healing of ulcers.
- antiuniversity — a group or institution which disregards the established traditions or practices of university education
- aperture ratio — relative aperture.
- aquatic centre — a complex with facilities for water sports, including swimming pools
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- araguaya-river — a river flowing N from central Brazil to the Tocantins River. about 1100 miles (1770 km) long.
- arboricultural — Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
- archebacterium — (biology) alternative spelling of archaebacterium.
- archipterygium — (anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
- arctic current — a cold ocean current flowing S along the Labrador coast through Davis Strait to the Grand Banks where it divides, the E branch joining the North Atlantic Current and the W branch flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- area pellucida — the translucent central area of the blastoderm of birds and reptiles within which the embryo develops.
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- armamentariums — Plural form of armamentarium.
- armour-plating — The armour-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering which is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
- articulateness — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- artifactitious — of, relating to, or of the nature of an artifact, or a man-made object that carries cultural significance.
- asparagus tips — the ends of asparagus spears, considered to be the tastiest part
- at first blush — when first seen; as a first impression
- atrial flutter — irregular heart rhythm
- attitudinarian — a person who assumes an affected attitude
- auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
- audience share — the percentage of households with television sets in use or tuned to a particular station during a specific period of time.
- audio response — a computer response that is audible rather than textual or graphical
- auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
- auditory nerve — either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, which connect the ear with the brain and carry impulses relating to sound and balance
- aurothiomalate — (chemistry) A thiomalate with the addition of gold.
- aussie battler — an Australian working-class person
- austrian blind — a window blind consisting of rows of vertically gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
- austro-asiatic — a hypothetical phylum or superfamily of languages consisting of Mon-Khmer and certain other languages of India and South-East Asia. Links with Malayo-Polynesian have also been suggested
- authorisations — Plural form of authorisation.
- authoritarians — Plural form of authoritarian.
- authority file — a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.
- authorizations — Plural form of authorization.