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14-letter words containing f, e, t, u, c

  • founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.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.
  • fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
  • fuel injection — the spraying of liquid fuel into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine.
  • fuel-efficient — producing power, heat, etc., at a rate considered optimal with regard to the amount of fuel consumed.
  • 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
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fused sentence — a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction.
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • future perfect — perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, especially when incomplete with respect to the present.
  • ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
  • inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
  • infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
  • interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
  • leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
  • leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
  • music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
  • neglectfulness — The characteristic of being neglectful.
  • non-infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • 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.
  • 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 of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
  • perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
  • perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.
  • potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • remanufacturer — a company or industry that engages in making an existing product new again
  • respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
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