22-letter words containing f, o, u, r
- lord justice of appeal — an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal
- lund software house ab — (company) The company who produced Lund Simula. Address: Box 7056, S-22007 Lund, Sweden.
- manner of articulation — the degree of obstruction or the type of channel imposed upon the passage of air at a given place of articulation, as denoted by such categories as stop, fricative, nasal, and semivowel.
- miscarriage of justice — law: wrongful judgement
- natural classification — classification of organisms according to relationships based on descent from a common ancestor
- non-constructive proof — (logic) (Or "existence proof") A proof that something exists that does not provide an example of that thing or a method for finding an example. (A constructive proof does provide such an example or method). For example, for any pair of finite real numbers n < 0 and p > 0 there exists a real number 0 < k < 1 such that f(k) = (1-k)*n + k*p = 0. A non-constructive proof might proceed by observing that as k changes continuously from 0 to 1, f(k) changes continuously from n to p and, since they lie either side of zero, f(k) must pass through zero for some intermediate value of k. This proof does not tell us what that value of k is, only that it exists.
- nonspecific urethritis — nongonococcal urethritis.
- nonspecular reflection — the diffuse reflection of sound or light waves
- obstruction of justice — a criminal offence that involves attempting to obstruct the process of law
- of the first magnitude — of the greatest importance
- open source definition — (standard) (OSD) Definition of distribution terms for open source software, promoted by the Open Source Initiative.
- out-of-body experience — a vivid feeling of being detached from one's body, usually involving observing it and its environment from nearby
- picture of dorian gray — a novel (1891) by Oscar Wilde.
- portuguese east africa — former name of Mozambique (def 1).
- portuguese west africa — a republic in SW Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence Nov. 11, 1975. 481,226 sq. mi. (1,246,375 sq. km). Capital: Luanda.
- potassium ferricyanide — a bright-red, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 , used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, as Prussian blue, and of paper, especially blueprint paper.
- potassium ferrocyanide — a lemon-yellow, crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in casehardening alloys having an iron base and in dyeing wool and silk.
- propositional function — sentential function.
- public domain software — public domain
- pure food and drug act — a law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade.
- put the frighteners on — to intimidate
- reproduction furniture — furniture that is made in an imitation or copy of a past style
- request for technology — (RFT) The process established by the OSF to get proposals for new standards.
- run interference (for) — to accompany (the ball carrier) in order to block opposing players
- sales force automation — (business) (Sales Automation, SFA, SFFA, Sales & Field Force Automation) Software to support sales reps. The software gives sales representitives access to contacts, appointments and e-mail. It is likely to be integrated with Customer Relationship Management systems and Opportunity Management Systems.
- self-sustaining growth — economic growth that maintains itself without intervention
- solid dose formulation — A solid dose formation is a hard tablet made by compressing medicine in a powder form.
- south african republic — former name of Transvaal.
- statute of westminster — the act of Parliament (1931) that formally recognized the independence of the dominions within the Empire
- strait of juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island (Canada) and NW Washington (US). Length: about 129 km (80 miles). Width: about 24 km (15 miles)
- struggle for existence — the competition in nature among organisms of a population to maintain themselves in a given environment and to survive to reproduce others of their kind.
- subornation of perjury — the offense of bribing or otherwise persuading another to commit perjury.
- tell someone's fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
- temporary life annuity — an annuity that ceases upon the death of the annuitant or upon the expiration of a period of time, whichever occurs first.
- the end of your tether — If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
- the point of no return — If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop.
- to be full to bursting — to be very full
- to laugh your head off — Phrases such as laugh your head off and scream your head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly.
- to settle out of court — to resolve a legal dispute before a court comes to a final decision
- to vote with your feet — If you vote with your feet, you show that you do not support something by leaving the place where it is happening or leaving the organization that is supporting it.
- transformational rules — rules that specify in purely syntactic terms a method by which theorems may be derived from the axioms of a formal system
- trichlorofluoromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
- trifluorochloromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
- trigonometric function — any of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a ratio of two of the sides of a right-angled triangle containing the angle. The group includes sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent
- ulster volunteer force — (in Northern Ireland) a Loyalist paramilitary organization
- unconventional warfare — warfare that is conducted within enemy lines through guerrilla tactics or subversion, usually supported at least in part by external forces.
- under the influence of — If you are under the influence of someone or something, you are being affected or controlled by them.
- united reformed church — (in England and Wales) a Protestant denomination formed from the union of the Presbyterian and Congregational churches in 1972
- university of michigan — (body, education) A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. 70% of the University's students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. 90% rank in the top 20% of their high school class. 60% of the students receive financial aid. The main Ann Arbor Campus lies in the Huron River valley, 40 miles west of Detroit. The campus boasts 2700 acres with 200 buildings, six million volumes in 23 libraries, nine museums, seven hospitals, hundreds of laboratories and institutes, and over 18000 microcomputers.
- university of nijmegen — (body, education) Katholieke University of Nijmegen (KUN), Nijmegen, the Netherlands. KUN's Computing Science Institute. is known for the Clean, Comma, Communicating Functional Processes, and GLASS projects.