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14-letter words containing u, y

  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • port authority — a government commission that manages bridges, tunnels, airports, and other such facilities of a port or city.
  • postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
  • pouilly fuissé — a dry white Burgundy wine made from the chardonnay grape
  • pouilly-fuisse — a dry, white wine from Burgundy.
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
  • presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
  • primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
  • primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • priority queue — (programming)   A data structure with three operations: insert a new item, return the highest priority item, and remove the highest priority item. The obvious way to represent priority queues is by maintaining a sorted list but this can make the insert operation very slow. Greater efficiency can be achieved by using heaps.
  • private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
  • pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
  • psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
  • psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
  • public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
  • public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
  • public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • public inquiry — an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.
  • public library — a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.
  • public utility — a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Compare utility (def 3).
  • pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
  • pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
  • pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
  • put money into — to invest money in
  • putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
  • pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
  • pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
  • quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • quality circle — a group of workers performing similar duties who meet periodically to discuss work-related problems, offer suggestions for improved production or product quality, etc.
  • quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
  • quality system — A quality system is a structure for managing the quality of the output of a manufacturer.
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