16-letter words containing c, o, r, f, u

figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
fish or cut bait — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
for a good cause — If you say that something is for a good cause, you mean that it is worth doing or giving to because it will help other people, for example by raising money for charity.
forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
foreign currency — money used in another country
four-course meal — A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other.
four-leaf clover — a clover leaf having four leaflets instead of the usual three, purported to bring good luck.
francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
frankfurt school — a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory
french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
full court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
full-court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
juvenile officer — a police officer concerned with juvenile delinquents.
la rochefoucauld — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 6th Duc de, 1613–80, French moralist and composer of epigrams and maxims.
louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
matter of course — an event or result that is natural or inevitable
matter-of-course — occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
miraculous fruit — miracle fruit.
misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
multiple factors — polygene.
nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
person of colour — a person who is not White
radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling

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