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13-letter words containing f, i, d, u

  • off soundings — in waters more than 100 fathoms in depth
  • off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • quadrifarious — having four parts
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
  • quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
  • self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
  • sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • snuff-dipping — the practice of absorbing nicotine by holding in one's mouth, between the cheek and the gum, a small amount of tobacco, either loose or enclosed in a sachet
  • soda fountain — a counter, as in a restaurant or drugstore, at which sodas, ice cream, light meals, etc., are served.
  • soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
  • soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
  • sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
  • sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
  • sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
  • ultrararefied — extremely rarefied
  • unblindfolded — not blindfolded
  • under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
  • underfinanced — Underfinanced means the same as underfunded.
  • underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
  • underinflated — lacking sufficient air pressure
  • understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
  • undifferenced — (of a coat of arms) having no marks indicating family position and to be used by only one person at a time
  • undiscomfited — not discomfited; at ease
  • undiversified — distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
  • undutifulness — the quality of being undutiful
  • unelectrified — not powered by electricity
  • unexemplified — not exemplified; not clarified by example
  • unfacilitated — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
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