14-letter words containing c, o, r, f, u
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
- founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- fructification — act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
- out of control — wild, unrestrained
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- ruhmkorff coil — induction coil.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.