14-letter words containing f, r, o, u, d
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- 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.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- 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.
- off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
- on firm ground — in a safe situation
- out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
- sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- under color of — under the pretext or guise of
- under cover of — concealed
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- unprovided for — without income or means
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- word of honour — a promise; oath
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
- young offender — a criminal who, according to the law, is not yet an adult but no longer a child
- youth offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.