17-letter words containing u, y

the underemployed — underemployed people
theory of numbers — number theory.
thistle butterfly — any nymphalid butterfly of the genus Vanessa, as the red admiral or painted lady.
thyestean banquet — a banquet at which human flesh is served
to drag your feet — If you drag your feet or drag your heels, you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
to feel your oats — to feel exuberant or high-spirited
to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
to have it in you — If you have it in you, you have abilities and skills which you do not usually use and which only show themselves in a difficult situation.
to keep your head — If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
to lick your lips — If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.
to lose your grip — If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
to open your eyes — If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.
to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
to push your luck — If you say that someone is pushing their luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.
to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
to take your time — If you take your time doing something, you do it quite slowly and do not hurry.
tolpuddle martyrs — six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset
top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
troilus butterfly — spicebush swallowtail.
turbidity current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
turner's syndrome — an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.
twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
unconformity trap — An unconformity trap is a hydrocarbon trap where the closure is made by an unconformity (= a formation of rock layers which represents a gap in the geological record).
unconscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
unconventionality — disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
unemployment line — When people talk about the unemployment line, they are talking about the state of being unemployed, especially when saying how many people are unemployed.
unemployment rate — percentage of population without jobs
unify corporation — (company) Developers of the Unify relational database. At one time, before Sybase, they were a competitor of Oracle, et al.
unintelligibility — the quality of being unintelligible
unitary authority — (in the United Kingdom) a district administered by a single tier of local government, esp those districts of England that became administratively independent of the county councils in 1996–98
unity of interest — the equal interest in property held by joint tenants
university degree — an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
unix to unix copy — (networking, messaging) (uucp) A Unix utility program and protocol that allows one Unix system to send files to another via a serial line which may be a cable going directly from one machine's serial port to another's or may involve a modem at each end of a telephone line. Software is also available to allow uucp to work over Ethernet though there are better alternatives in this case, e.g. FTP or rcp for file transfer, SMTP for electronic mail or NNTP for news. The term is now also used to describe the large international network which uses UUCP to pass Usenet news and electronic mail, also known as "UUCPNET". See also cu, uuencode.
unlawful assembly — a meeting of three or more people with the intent of carrying out any unlawful purpose
unproportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
unselfconsciously — in an unselfconscious manner
unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
upper yukon river — Lewes River.

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