13-letter words containing a, d, f, u
- fouta djallon — a highland pastoral region in West Africa, in central Guinea, also in Sierra Leone and Liberia. 30,000 sq. mi. (77,700 sq. km).
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- huff and puff — be out of breath
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
- meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
- multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- mutt and jeff — a very short and a very tall person who are paired as companions, teammates, or associates.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- soda fountain — a counter, as in a restaurant or drugstore, at which sodas, ice cream, light meals, etc., are served.
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- stuffed derma — kishke.