14-letter words containing f, a, r, u
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
- four of a kind — a set of four cards of the same denominations.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
- free churchman — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of a free church.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.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.
- fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
- fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- furfuraldehyde — a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- 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.
- hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
- in full career — at full speed
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- it's a feature — (jargon) From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.
- juan fernandez — a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.
- jungle warfare — the specialized techniques required by the military to survive and fight in jungle terrain
- kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function