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16-letter words containing u, y

  • deferred annuity — an annuity that commences not less than one year after the final purchase premium
  • deoxyribonucleic — (genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
  • deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
  • diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
  • diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
  • dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
  • distributionally — In a distributional manner.
  • diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
  • do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
  • doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
  • dual carriageway — divided highway.
  • dual nationality — dual citizenship (def 1).
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • dual-nationality — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • dublin bay prawn — a large prawn usually used in a dish of scampi
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • dynamic language — (language)   (Dylan) A simple object-oriented Lisp dialect, most closely resembling CLOS and Scheme, developed by Advanced Technology Group East at Apple Computer. See also Marlais.
  • dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  • east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
  • equity weighting — the practice of assigning different values to currencies according to factors such as geographical location and climate
  • exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
  • expected utility — the weighted average utility of the possible outcomes of a probabilistic situation; the sum or integral of the product of the probability distribution and the utility function
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • eyjafjallajökull — a cone-shaped ice cap in south Iceland that covers an active volcano. The volcano’s eruption in 2010 resulted in large high-altitude clouds of volcanic ash that caused major disruption to European passenger air traffic. Height: 1666 m (5466 ft)
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • first-time buyer — someone who is buying his or her first house
  • fishing industry — the industry of catching fish
  • flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
  • flat-track bully — a sportsperson who dominates inferior opposition, but who cannot beat top-level opponents
  • flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • foreign currency — money used in another country
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
  • french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
  • freshly squeezed — You can describe juice that has been recently pressed out of fruit as freshly squeezed.
  • garcia y iniguez — Calixto [kah-lees-taw] /kɑˈlis tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1839?–98, Cuban lawyer, soldier, and revolutionist.
  • gay-lussac's law — the principle that, for relatively low pressures, the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the absolute temperature of the gas.
  • geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
  • get on your wick — If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
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