11-letter words containing f, l, o, c, u
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- foliicolous — growing on leaves, as certain liverworts.
- folliculate — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- folliculose — having or resembling follicles
- folliculous — having or producing follicles
- fond du lac — a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago.
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- four-colour — (of a print or photographic process) using the principle in which four colours (magenta, cyan, yellow, and black) are used in combination to produce almost any other colour
- four-h club — an organization sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established chiefly to instruct young people, originally in rural areas, in modern farming methods and other useful skills, as carpentry and home economics.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- full-custom — Design of integrated circuits at the transistor or polygon level. This is in contrast to the use of libraries of components. Full-custom design requires considerable skill and experience and is usually only feasible for simple circuits, especially ones with much repetition, such as memory device, where a small saving in the size and power consumption of a component will yield a large overall saving.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- furunculous — Furuncular.
- fuzzy logic — A superset of Boolean logic dealing with the concept of partial truth -- truth values between "completely true" and "completely false". It was introduced by Dr. Lotfi Zadeh of UCB in the 1960's as a means to model the uncertainty of natural language. Any specific theory may be generalised from a discrete (or "crisp") form to a continuous (fuzzy) form, e.g. "fuzzy calculus", "fuzzy differential equations" etc. Fuzzy logic replaces Boolean truth values with degrees of truth which are very similar to probabilities except that they need not sum to one. Instead of an assertion pred(X), meaning that X definitely has the property associated with predicate "pred", we have a truth function truth(pred(X)) which gives the degree of truth that X has that property. We can combine such values using the standard definitions of fuzzy logic: truth(not x) = 1.0 - truth(x) truth(x and y) = minimum (truth(x), truth(y)) truth(x or y) = maximum (truth(x), truth(y)) (There are other possible definitions for "and" and "or", e.g. using sum and product). If truth values are restricted to 0 and 1 then these functions behave just like their Boolean counterparts. This is known as the "extension principle". Just as a Boolean predicate asserts that its argument definitely belongs to some subset of all objects, a fuzzy predicate gives the degree of truth with which its argument belongs to a fuzzy subset. E-mail servers: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactifluous — full or flowing with milk
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- nonforceful — Not forceful.
- officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- out of luck — 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.
- overcareful — excessively or unduly careful.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- school fund — the money provided by a government or raised by parents and teachers to finance the running of a school
- scottsbluff — a city in W Nebraska, on the North Platte River.
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- unforceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot