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15-letter words containing f, l, u, r, i

  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • floriferousness — Quality of being floriferous, or bearing many flowers.
  • flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
  • fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • fluoroquinolone — Any of a class of therapeutic antibiotics that are active against a range of bacteria associated with human and animal diseases. Their use in livestock has sparked concerns about the spread of bacteria resistant to them in humans.
  • flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
  • flying squirrel — any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps.
  • fork-lift truck — Also called forklift truck, fork truck. a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads and then raised for moving and stacking materials in warehouses, shipping depots, etc.
  • formation fluid — Formation fluid is fluid in the pores (=tiny holes) of a rock.
  • formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
  • formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
  • fourth official — In football, the fourth official is an official who assists the referee and assistant referees from the side of the pitch.
  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • friction clutch — a clutch in which one part turns another by friction between them.
  • full outer join — outer join
  • full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
  • fumitory family — the plant family Fumariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having deeply cut basal or alternate leaves, flowers with four petals of which one or two are spurred or lobed, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, fumitory, and squirrel corn.
  • funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • fusospirillosis — (medicine) alternative name of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • futilitarianism — The belief that all human activity is futile.
  • geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
  • giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
  • gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
  • gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
  • half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • hydraulic fluid — a fluid, usually of low viscosity, as oil, used in a hydraulic system.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
  • infraclavicular — (anatomy) Below the clavicle.
  • infrastructural — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
  • interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
  • interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
  • intrafascicular — between the xylem and phloem elements of a vascular bundle
  • irish wolfhound — one of an Irish breed of large, tall dogs having a rough, wiry coat ranging in color from white to brindle to black.
  • lateral fissure — the fissure separating the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the cerebrum.
  • leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
  • left outer join — outer join
  • linear function — linear transformation.
  • linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
  • liquid paraffin — a colourless almost tasteless oily liquid obtained by petroleum distillation and used as a laxative
  • liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
  • lord of misrule — (in England) a person formerly chosen to direct the Christmas revels and sports.
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