14-letter words containing f, r, o, u
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- door furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- drag your feet — dawdle
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
- dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- extraforaneous — (nonce, archaic) outdoor.
- f distribution — a continuous distribution obtained from the ratio of two chi-square distributions and used esp to test the equality of the variances of two normally distributed variances
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- fault tolerant — fault tolerance
- fault-tolerant — designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- feature editor — a newspaper or magazine journalist who commissions and edits feature articles
- feeding ground — The feeding ground of a group of animals or birds, is the place where they find food and eat.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
- flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
- flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- follow through — the act of following.
- follow-through — the completion of a motion, as in the stroke of a tennis racket.
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- for the use of — If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.