14-letter words containing y, u, g, a
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
- guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- guided imagery — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- gulf of cambay — an inlet of the Arabian Sea on the W coast of India, southeast of the Kathiawar Peninsula
- guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- illuminatingly — In an illuminating manner.
- imaginary unit — the complex number i.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- laughing hyena — an African hyena, Crocuta crocuta, having a yellowish-gray coat with brown or black spots, noted for its distinctive howl.
- legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- multilingually — In a multilingual manner.
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- neurogenically — by neural activity
- neurologically — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
- non-regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- nuclear energy — energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
- peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- relay language — a language, usually an internationally dominant one, which acts as a medium to translate other usually little-spoken languages
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- slaughterously — murderously