13-letter words containing y, u, a, n
- old and young — people of all ages
- on a suddenty — suddenly, unexpectedly
- on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
- on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
- orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
- out one's way — in, to, or near one's neighborhood
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- quadrennially — Every four years.
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
- quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
- quincuncially — In a quincuncial fashion.
- quinquagenary — a 50th anniversary.
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- roxas y acuña — Manuel (maˈnwel). 1892–1948, Philippine statesman; first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946–48)
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- situationally — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.