14-letter words containing y, u, a, n, t
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quantum system — a theoretical or actual system based on quantum physics, as a supercomputer.
- quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- secure tenancy — the letting of a dwelling by a nonprivate landlord, usually a local council or housing association, under an agreement that allows security of tenure, subletting, improvements made to the property by the tenant without consequent rent increase, and the right to buy the dwelling at a discount after three years' occupancy
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- substantiality — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- sustainability — the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
- tanen taunggyi — a mountain range in NW Thailand and SE Burma, rising to a height of 7000 feet (2134 meters).
- the quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- tintinnabulary — of bells or the ringing of bells
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- trinity sunday — the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner