13-letter words containing f, r, e, u, n
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
- oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
- on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- out-of-towner — a visitor from another town or city: The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- porcupinefish — 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.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
- quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
- renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
- return flight — a flight going back
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
- rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person