16-letter words containing u, y
- (by) courtesy of — If something is provided courtesy of someone or by courtesy of someone, they provide it. You often use this expression in order to thank them.
- ability grouping — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- abruptly pinnate — paripinnate.
- absobloodylutely — (British slang) absolutely.
- accounts payable — A company's accounts payable are all the money that it owes to other companies for goods or services that it has received, or a list of these companies and the amounts owed to them.
- acid house party — a professionally organized party for young people, with Acid House music, sometimes held in a field or disused building
- affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
- aggregate supply — the total supply of goods and services produced by a national economy in a specified time period, at a specified price level
- allegheny spurge — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and widely cultivated as a ground cover.
- allele frequency — the frequency of occurrence or proportions of different alleles of a particular gene in a given population.
- alloyed junction — a semiconductor junction used in some junction transistors and formed by alloying metal contacts, functioning as emitter and collector regions, to a wafer of semiconductor that acts as the base region
- alphanumerically — In an alphanumeric manner; using alphanumeric characters.
- ammonium cyanate — a white, crystalline solid, CH 4 N 2 O, soluble in alcohol, that is converted into urea when heated.
- angular velocity — the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the body
- animal husbandry — the science of breeding, rearing, and caring for farm animals
- animal sanctuary — a place where animals are brought to live and be protected
- anthony of padua — Saint. 1195–1231, Franciscan friar, who preached in France and Italy. Feast day: June 13
- antianxiety drug — any of various substances, as benzodiazepines, that are primarily used to treat various forms of anxiety and psychosomatic conditions.
- antimony sulfate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-insoluble solid, Sb 2 (SO 4) 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
- anxiety neurosis — a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause
- aratus of sicyon — 271–213 b.c, Greek general: leader of the Achaean League.
- armed neutrality — military preparedness without commitment, especially as the expressed policy of a neutral nation in wartime; readiness to counter with force an invasion of rights by any belligerent power.
- arthur wellesley — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
- auditory aphasia — aphasia in which there is no comprehension of spoken words; word deafness.
- auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
- aulnay-sous-bois — a town in N central France, a suburb NE of Paris.
- aung san suu kyi — born 1945, Burmese politician; cofounder (1988) and general secretary (1988–91 and from 1995) of the National League for Democracy: Nobel peace prize 1991; released (2010) from a lengthy house arrest; elected to the Burmese House of Representatives in 2012
- authority figure — a person whose real or apparent authority over others inspires or demands obedience and emulation: Parents, teachers, and police officers are traditional authority figures for children.
- autodidactically — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
- autoregressively — In an autoregressive manner.
- auxiliary police — a part-time reserve attached to a regular police force
- auxiliary rafter — a rafter reinforcing a principal rafter.
- bankruptcy court — a section of the United States federal court which specializes in the handling of bankruptcy cases
- bankruptcy order — a court order appointing a receiver to manage the property of a debtor or bankrupt
- barbed tributary — a tributary that joins its mainstream in an upstream direction rather than in the more common downstream direction.
- barium hydroxide — a white poisonous crystalline solid, used in the manufacture of organic compounds and in the preparation of beet sugar. Formula: Ba(OH)2
- basic vocabulary — the set of lexical items in a language that are most resistant to replacement, referring to the most common and universal elements of human experience, such as parts of the body (foot, eye), universal features of the environment (water, star), common activities (eat, sleep), and the lowest numerals.
- be off your food — If you are off your food, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill.
- beauty therapist — a person whose job is to carry out treatments to improve a person's appearance, such as facials, manicures, removal of unwanted hair, etc
- beauty treatment — the use of some form of treatment to improve someone's beauty such as a facial, manicure or depilation
- before your time — If you say that something was before your time, you mean that it happened or existed before you were born or before you were able to know about it or remember it.
- beryllium copper — a copper alloy containing a small amount of beryllium and often some nickel or cobalt, having high strength, hardness, and electrical conductivity.
- biliary calculus — an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages.
- binuclear family — a social unit composed of an extended family, usually the children and subsequent spouses of divorced parents.
- birthday honours — (in Britain) honorary titles conferred on the official birthday of the sovereign
- bite your tongue — either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- black-eyed susan — any of several North American plants of the genus Rudbeckia, esp R. hirta, having flower heads of orange-yellow rays and brown-black centres: family Asteraceae (composites)
- blocked currency — a currency that is not freely convertible because of exchange controls imposed on it
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