14-letter words containing u, y, s
- delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
- deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
- disingenuously — In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- distributivity — (mathematics) the fact of being distributive.
- do you suppose — You can use 'do you suppose' to introduce a question when you want someone to give their opinion about something, although you know that they are unlikely to have any more knowledge or information about it than you.
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- double density — floppy disk
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
- essay question — an examination question that requires an answer in the form of an essay
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- farey sequence — the increasing sequence of fractions in which numerator and denominator have no common divisor other than one and in which the denominator is less than or equal to a given positive integer p. For p = 4, the Farey sequence of order 4 is 0/1, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 1/1.
- feng yu-hsiang — ("Christian General") 1880–1948, Chinese general.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- four-eyed fish — a small, surface-swimming fish, Anableps anableps, inhabiting shallow, muddy streams of Mexico and Central America, having each eye divided, with the upper half adapted for seeing in air and the lower half for seeing in water.
- funny business — improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- get a guernsey — to be selected or gain recognition for something
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.