13-letter words containing e, n, r, o, u
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- felony murder — a killing treated as a murder because, though unintended, it occurred during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as robbery.
- fermentitious — of a fermenting nature
- ferociousness — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferroaluminum — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent aluminum.
- ferrotitanium — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent titanium.
- ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
- figure of fun — If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
- figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
- floor furnace — a small self-contained furnace placed just below the floor of the space to be heated.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreconscious — the preconscious.
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- fortunateness — The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
- fortuneteller — a person who claims the ability to predict the future.
- four horsemen — four riders on white, red, black, and pale horses symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death, respectively. Rev. 6:2–8.
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- fourpenny one — a blow, esp with the fist
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gartner group — (company) One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
- get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.