14-letter words containing f, o, u
- in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
- in/out of time — If you are playing, singing, or dancing in time with a piece of music, you are following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly. If you are out of time with it, you are not following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly.
- indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
- infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- 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)
- junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
- justifications — Plural form of justification.
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- law of thought — any of the three basic laws of traditional logic: the law of contradiction, the law of excluded middle, and the law of identity.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
- maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make a fuss of — If you make a fuss of someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
- make a muck of — to ruin or spoil
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- mosquito fleet — a group or fleet of PT boats or other small, armed boats.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mouths to feed — family members, dependents
- multi-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- muni bond fund — municipal bond fund.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- nitrofurantoin — an antimicrobial substance, C 8 H 6 N 4 O 5 , used for the treatment of urinary tract infections.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- non-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- non-infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- non-uniformity — the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonfulfillment — neglect or failure to fulfill or carry out as required.