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14-letter words containing f, o, c, u

  • potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
  • quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
  • qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
  • quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
  • quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • quasi-official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
  • quizzification — mockery
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • ruhmkorff coil — induction coil.
  • sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
  • sanguification — hematopoiesis.
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
  • soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • tourist office — information centre for sightseers
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
  • trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
  • truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • unaffectionate — showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender: an affectionate embrace.
  • unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
  • under color of — under the pretext or guise of
  • under cover of — concealed
  • unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
  • unsatisfaction — lack of satisfaction
  • unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
  • vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
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