16-letter words containing y, a, u, n
- 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.
- 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.
- affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
- 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.
- assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
- 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
- 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
- beauty treatment — the use of some form of treatment to improve someone's beauty such as a facial, manicure or depilation
- 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
- 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)
- board of inquiry — a group set up to inquire into accidents, etc
- boundary dispute — dispute between neighbours about the boundary between their properties
- brown-eyed susan — a composite plant, Rudbeckia triloba, of the southeastern U.S., having a single flower with yellow rays darkening to an orange orbrown at the base and a brownish-black disk.
- buckley's chance — no chance at all
- buckthorn family — the plant family Rhamnaceae, characterized by shrubs and trees having alternate, simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a drupe or capsule, and including the buckthorn, cascara, and New Jersey tea.
- bullying tactics — the use of intimidation to gain one's objective
- bunker mentality — a defensive attitude in which others are seen as hostile or potentially hostile
- bunya-bunya pine — a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones (bunya nuts) and thickish flattened needles
- buoyancy chamber — an enclosed section of a canoe, float, ship or other object that contains air, foam, or another buoyant substance in order to help maintain buoyancy
- business analyst — (job) A person who analyses the operations of a department or functional unit to develop a general systems solution to the problem. The solution will typically involve a combination of manual and automated processes. The business analyst can provide insights into an operation for an information systems analyst.
- busman's holiday — If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday.
- buying behaviour — the behaviours displayed by consumers when they purchase things, such as preferences, price points, etc
- byzantine church — Orthodox Church (def 1).
- can you beat it? — an expression of utter amazement or surprise
- canterbury bells — a cultivated bellflower (Campanula medium) with white, pink, or blue cuplike flowers
- canterbury tales — an unfinished literary work by Chaucer, largely in verse, consisting of stories told by pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket at Canterbury
- carry-on luggage — luggage that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
- chauvinistically — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- circuit analyzer — multimeter.
- circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
- circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
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