14-letter words containing u, y
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- intellectually — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- intertextually — In an intertextual way.
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- irreducibility — (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
- johnny-jump-up — any of certain violets, especially Viola pedunculata, having variously colored flowers.
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- justifiability — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- juxtamedullary — (anatomy) next to the edge of the medulla (of the kidney).
- kealakekua bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the W (Kona) coast of Hawaii Island: Capt. James Cook was killed here 1779.
- keep your cool — remain calm
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- known quantity — Mathematics. a quantity whose value is given: in algebra, frequently represented by a letter from the first part of the alphabet, as a, b, or c.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- laughing hyena — an African hyena, Crocuta crocuta, having a yellowish-gray coat with brown or black spots, noted for its distinctive howl.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- lauryl alcohol — a compound that, depending upon purity, is either a crystalline solid or colorless liquid, C 12 H 26 O, obtained by the reduction of fatty acids of coconut oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic detergents.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- letter quality — of or producing printed characters similar in quality and clarity to typewritten characters
- letter-quality — (of computer printers and their output) pertaining to an appearance equal in legibility and resolution to copy typed on an electric typewriter: A letter-quality printer produces sharper copy than a dot-matrix model.
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- leucocytolysis — the destruction of leucocytes