13-letter words containing y, u, a
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
- honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hydraulically — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- if you ask me — You can say 'if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
- if you please — expressing mild outrage
- illocutionary — pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
- immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
- indian mutiny — a revolt of the sepoy troops in British India (1857–59), resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown.
- indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
- individuality — the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- influentially — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- injured party — victim
- inquiry agent — a private detective
- insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
- instinctually — of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- intersexually — In an intersexual way.
- intraocularly — into or in the eye
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- intuitionally — With intuition.