14-letter words containing f, o, r, s, u
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- fresh out (of) — having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
- front of house — restaurant
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- full professor — professor (def 1).
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- group of seven — G7.
- guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- house of peers — former name of the Japanese House of Councilors.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- of set purpose — with a specific end in view
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- out of spirits — sad; depressed
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
- run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.