15-letter words containing f, o, c, u
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- put into effect — law, rule: enforce
- quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
- revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
- scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
- security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- tourist traffic — the number of tourists that visit an area
- turf accountant — bookmaker (def 1).
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
- unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
- unit of account — the function of money that enables the user to keep accounts, value transactions, etc
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- volunteer force — a group of unpaid workers
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.