14-letter words containing f, e, r, o, t, u
- fresh out (of) — having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
- front of house — restaurant
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.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.
- frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
- 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).
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- of set purpose — with a specific end in view
- off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- 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
- on the surface — to all appearances
- out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- out of nowhere — unexpectedly
- out of the ark — very old; out of date
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- route flapping — flapping router
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- 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.