15-letter words containing f, o, n, d, u
- half-understood — partially understood
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hundred flowers — the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- immunodeficient — Exhibiting immunodeficiency.
- immunodiffusion — any of various analytical techniques that involve antigen and antibody solutions diffusing toward each other in a gel until antibody binds specifically to antigen to form a precipitate.
- in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- 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.
- langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- non-fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- office building — building containing offices
- pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- 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
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- 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.
- shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
- sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- 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.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- under sb's roof — If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
- under your feet — If you say that someone is under your feet, you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- winter flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)