16-letter words containing f, e, r, o, t, u

flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
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
follow-up letter — a letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc
for a/one minute — If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true.
for external use — If medicine is for external use, it is intended to be used only on the outside of your body, and not to be eaten or drunk.
for the duration — If you say that something will happen for the duration, you mean that it will happen for as long as a particular situation continues.
four-letter word — any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
four-minute mile — a mile-long race run in four minutes or less
four-star petrol — petrol containing lead, formerly sold in the UK
fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
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.
frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
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 to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
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 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.
furniture polish — product: shines wood
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
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.
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
letter of marque — license or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation.
lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
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.
make a virtue of — If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
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.
metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
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.
multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
multiple factors — polygene.
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.
not on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
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.
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.

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