14-letter words containing f, o, c, u
- court of honor — the planning body of a girl-scout troop, composed of patrol leaders, the troop scribe, the troop treasurer, and the adult troop leader.
- cruft together — (jargon) To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cult following — the admiration that is felt by a particular group for a film, book, band, etc
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cut-off device — a device that terminates the flow or supply of something
- cut-off switch — a switch that cuts off the supply of electricity
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- duckfoot quote — chevron-shaped quotation mark
- dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- fictitiousness — The state of being fictitious.
- fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- follow-up call — a telephone call made as a follow-up to a letter, fax, meeting, etc
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
- founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.