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15-letter words containing f, i, u

  • chief executive — the person with overall responsibility for the efficient running of a company, organization, etc
  • churchill falls — a waterfall in E Canada, in SW Labrador on the Churchill River: site of one of the largest hydroelectric power projects in the world. Height: 75 m (245 ft)
  • circular buffer — (programming)   An area of memory used to store a continuous stream of data by starting again at the beginning of the buffer after reaching the end. A circular buffer is usually written by one process and read by another. Separate read and write pointers are maintained. These are not allowed to pass each other otherwise either unread data would be overwritten or invalid data would be read. A circuit may implement a hardware circular buffer.
  • circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
  • circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
  • citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • come up for air — rise to water's surface
  • configurability — The property of being configurable.
  • configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • continuous-form — of or relating to paper, blank forms, checks, etc., supplied in a folded stack or roll to a device, as a computer printer, generally with perforations between sheets for later separation and often with detachable punched edges used to advance the sheets through the device.
  • counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
  • court of equity — a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.
  • cpu info center — (processor)   An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
  • creeping fescue — red fescue.
  • crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • current affairs — If you refer to current affairs, you are referring to political events and problems in society which are discussed in newspapers, and on television and radio.
  • customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
  • customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
  • definite clause — (logic)   A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • diallyl sulfide — allyl sulfide.
  • dimethylsulfide — Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
  • disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
  • disrespectfully — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
  • distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
  • distrustfulness — The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust.
  • disulfuric acid — pyrosulfuric acid
  • draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
  • drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • efficaciousness — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
  • efficient cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • fair and square — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
  • faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
  • fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • family business — company owned and run by a family
  • family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
  • fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
  • feature article — a feature article in a newspaper or magazine deals in depth with a topic or person
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