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13-letter words containing f, r, y, u

  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • hyposulfurous — of or derived from hyposulfurous acid.
  • if i were you — You say 'if I were you' to someone when you are giving them advice.
  • infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
  • laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
  • low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
  • mistrustfully — In a mistrustful manner.
  • ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
  • non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
  • nonuniformity — (uncountable) The condition of being nonuniform.
  • odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
  • overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
  • owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • right-justify — If printed text is right-justified, each line finishes at the same distance from the right-hand edge of the page or column.
  • root of unity — a complex number that when raised to some positive integral power results in 1.
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
  • sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • surface yeast — yeast that rises to the surface as froth during fermentation.
  • surface-layer — the thin layer of air adjacent to the earth's surface, usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
  • thirty-fourth — next after the thirty-third; being the ordinal number for 34.
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
  • twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
  • uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
  • unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • unfamiliarity — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
  • unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
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