13-letter words containing y, u, a, n
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- substantially — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- substantively — a noun.
- substantivity — the quality or state of being substantive
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- supernumerary — being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
- triangularity — pertaining to or having the form of a triangle; three-cornered.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tyrannosaurus — any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- un-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
- unappealingly — in an unappealing manner
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- unbeautifully — in a unbeautiful or unattractive manner
- unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
- unconceivably — inconceivably
- unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
- unconquerably — in an invincible manner
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- understatedly — in an understated manner
- undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- unemotionally — without the expression of strong feeling
- unequivocally — in a way that is clear and unambiguous: The theme is unequivocally religious.
- unexpectantly — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.