15-letter words containing un
- punctiliousness — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- quarter pounder — A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.
- quasi-universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- queen's counsel — King's Counsel.
- radio announcer — someone who broadcasts or presents radio programmes
- radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
- ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- retirement fund — A retirement fund is a special fund which people pay money into so that, when they retire from their job, they will receive money regularly as a pension.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- round and round — following a circuitous or circular course for a comparatively long time, esp vainly
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
- round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
- roundaboutation — circumlocution
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- roundheadedness — the state of having a round head
- run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run the gantlet — to be punished by means of the gantlet
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- run-on sentence — a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction.
- run-time system — (programming) (RTS, run-time support, run-time) Library code and processes which support software written in a particular language running on a particular platform. The RTS typically deals with details of the interface between the program and the operating system such as system calls, program start-up and termination, and memory management.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
- running english — the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a certain angle. Compare reverse English (def 1).
- running repairs — repairs, as to a machine or vehicle, that are minor and can be made with little or no interruption in the use of the item
- running rigging — rigging for handling sails, yards, etc. (contrasted with standing rigging).
- savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.
- sayan mountains — a mountain range in S central Russia, in S Siberia. Highest peak: Munku-Sardyk, 3437 m (11 457 ft)
- scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- self-punishment — the act of punishing.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shunting engine — switch engine.
- smoky mountains — Great Smoky Mountains
- snowy mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, part of the Australian Alps: famous hydroelectric scheme
- sound as a bell — in perfect condition
- sound deadening — a process or material that reduces the resonance or volume of sound
- sound recordist — recordist.
- sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.