18-letter words containing f, l, o, u
- to pull a fast one — If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
- tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
- turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
- ultralow frequency — an electromagnetic wave with a frequency between 300 and 3000 hertz. Abbreviation: ULF, ulf.
- ultraviolet filter — a filter used on a lens to absorb ultraviolet radiation that may impart an undesirable blue cast to a photograph.
- ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
- uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
- very low frequency — any frequency between 3 and 30 kilohertz. Abbreviation: VLF.
- weak nuclear force — weak interaction
- where you left off — If something continues from where it left off, it starts happening again at the point where it had previously stopped.
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust
- xenon hexafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 6 , that melts at 50°C to a yellow liquid, and boils at 75°C.