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15-letter words containing y, u, a, n

  • not unnaturally — You can use not unnaturally to indicate that the situation you are describing is exactly as you would expect in the circumstances.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
  • ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • out on your ear — If someone says that you will be out on your ear, they mean that you will be forced to leave a job, an organization or a place suddenly.
  • outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
  • oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
  • pattypan squash — a flat, whitish variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo melopepo, having a scalloped edge.
  • pay as you earn — a method of paying tax in which the tax is taken off your wages before they are paid to you
  • pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
  • perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • personal injury — injury to an individual
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • pituitary gland — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
  • pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
  • policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • postulationally — in a postulational manner
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • preternaturally — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
  • primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
  • profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
  • pulmonary valve — a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.
  • purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
  • pusillanimously — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
  • put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
  • qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
  • quality control — a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.
  • quantifiability — (uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable.
  • quantity theory — a theory stating that the general price level varies directly with the quantity of money in circulation and the velocity with which it is circulated, and inversely with the volume of production expressed by the total number of money transactions
  • quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
  • quarter century — a period of twenty five years
  • quatercentenary — a 400th aniversary or its celebration.
  • queen's highway — king's highway.
  • query expansion — (information science)   Adding search terms to a user's search. Query expansion is the process of a search engine adding search terms to a user's weighted search. The intent is to improve precision and/or recall. The additional terms may be taken from a thesaurus. For example a search for "car" may be expanded to: car cars auto autos automobile automobiles. The additional terms may also be taken from documents that the user has specified as being relevant; this is the basis for the "more like this" feature of some search engines. The extra terms can have positive or negative weights.
  • questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • quezon y molina — Manuel Luis [mah-nwel lwees] /mɑˈnwɛl lwis/ (Show IPA), 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.
  • quick-and-dirty — Informal. slipshod.
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
  • radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
  • railway journey — a journey made by railway train
  • ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
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