16-letter words containing u, y
- ichthyophthirius — ich.
- if you must know — You say 'if you must know' when you tell someone something that you did not want them to know and you want to suggest that you think they were wrong to ask you about it.
- imaginary number — Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero.
- immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
- immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- immunomodulatory — (medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
- immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
- imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- in utero surgery — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
- in your own time — If you do something in your own time, you do it at the speed that you choose, rather than allowing anyone to hurry you.
- inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- incorruptibility — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- irregular galaxy — a galaxy with no specific form and a relatively low mass.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
- jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
- jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- journeyman baker — a baker who is qualified to work in the employment of another
- judicial inquiry — a formal legal investigation conducted into a matter of public concern by a judge, appointed by the government
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- justices in eyre — the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts
- kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
- laurel and hardy — a team of US film comedians, Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, born in Britain, the thin one, and his partner, Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, the fat one
- lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
- leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- lleu llaw gyffes — the son of Gwydion and Arianhrod, provided with a name, weapons, and a wife through the magic and trickery of Gwydion in spite of the curses of Arianhrod.
- lose your memory — If you lose your memory, you forget things that you used to know.