15-letter words containing u, y
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- extracellularly — In an extracellular manner.
- extrajudicially — Outside of the legal system.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
- family business — company owned and run by a family
- family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
- fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
- ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
- fiduciary issue — an issue of banknotes not backed by gold
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
- fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
- flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- flying squirrel — any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps.
- follow-up study — a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
- french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
- frequency curve — a curve representing the frequency with which a variable assumes its values.
- fuel efficiency — the (least) amount of fuel used in proportion to the number of miles travelled
- full employment — all of workforce is employed
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- fumitory family — the plant family Fumariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having deeply cut basal or alternate leaves, flowers with four petals of which one or two are spurred or lobed, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, fumitory, and squirrel corn.
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- funny handshake — an elaborate handshake, indicating that someone belongs to a certain social group, etc
- fuzzy computing — fuzzy logic
- gamma ray burst — a short-lived, extremely luminous burst of gamma radiation from an unknown astronomical source, occurring at random positions in the sky several times a day. Abbreviation: GRB.
- gamma-ray burst — a short-lived, extremely luminous burst of gamma radiation from an unknown astronomical source, occurring at random positions in the sky several times a day. Abbreviation: GRB.
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- great synagogue — (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- gunnery officer — an officer in charge of heavy guns
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.