16-letter words containing u, y

speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
st. lucie cherry — mahaleb.
standard annuity — A standard annuity is a retirement investment insurance contract that pays a regular income in return for a lump sum payment.
start-up company — new business
state university — a university maintained by the government of a state.
statutory change — a change in the law
stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
strawberry guava — a shrub or small tree, Psidium littorale, of the myrtle family, native to Brazil, having smooth, grayish-brown bark, leathery leaves, white flowers, and edible, white-fleshed, purplish-red fruit.
strawberry shrub — Carolina allspice
substitutability — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
sulfanilyl group — the para form of the group C 6 H 6 NO 2 S–, derived from sulfanilic acid.
sulfur butterfly — any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.
summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
sunray treatment — treatment using a sunray lamp
sunrise industry — any of the high-technology industries, such as electronics, that hold promise of future development
superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
supersensitivity — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
surveyor's level — level (def 8a).
synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
synchronous idle — (character) (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
synthetic cubism — the late phase of cubism, characterized chiefly by an increased use of color and the imitation or introduction of a wide range of textures and material into painting.
synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.
taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
tertiary bursary — a noncompetitive award granted to all pupils who have passed a university entrance examination
the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
the easy way out — least demanding solution
the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
the hitler youth — a Nazi paramilitary youth organization (1922-45)
the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
to blow your top — If someone blows their top, they become very angry about something.
to cut both ways — If you say that something cuts both ways, you mean that it can have two opposite effects, or can have both good and bad effects.
to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
to get your oats — to have sexual intercourse regularly
to hold your own — If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.
to put it mildly — to state it with or as if with restraint
to sow your oats — (of a young person) to behave in a rather uncontrolled way, esp by having a lot of sexual relationships
to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.

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