16-letter words containing f, r, y, u
- (by) courtesy of — If something is provided courtesy of someone or by courtesy of someone, they provide it. You often use this expression in order to thank them.
- allele frequency — the frequency of occurrence or proportions of different alleles of a particular gene in a given population.
- aratus of sicyon — 271–213 b.c, Greek general: leader of the Achaean League.
- authority figure — a person whose real or apparent authority over others inspires or demands obedience and emulation: Parents, teachers, and police officers are traditional authority figures for children.
- auxiliary rafter — a rafter reinforcing a principal rafter.
- be off your food — If you are off your food, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill.
- before your time — If you say that something was before your time, you mean that it happened or existed before you were born or before you were able to know about it or remember it.
- binuclear family — a social unit composed of an extended family, usually the children and subsequent spouses of divorced parents.
- board of inquiry — a group set up to inquire into accidents, etc
- buckthorn family — the plant family Rhamnaceae, characterized by shrubs and trees having alternate, simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a drupe or capsule, and including the buckthorn, cascara, and New Jersey tea.
- burgundy trefoil — alfalfa.
- buttercup family — the plant family Ranunculaceae, typified by mostly herbaceous plants having usually alternate leaves, multistaminate flowers sometimes lacking petals but with colorful sepals, and including the anemone, buttercup, clematis, columbine, delphinium, and monkshood.
- butterfly ballot — a ballot paper in the form of two leaves extending from a central spine
- butterfly damper — a damper, as in a flue, that rotates about a central axis across its face.
- butterfly effect — the idea, used in chaos theory, that a very small difference in the initial state of a physical system can make a significant difference to the state at some later time
- butterfly flower — Also called Jerusalem date. a shrub or small tree, Bauhinia monandra, of French Guiana, having clusters of pink, purple-streaked flowers.
- butterfly orchid — an orchid (Oncidium papilio) with reddish flowers, native to South America
- butterfly scheme — A parallel version of Scheme for the BBN Butterfly computer.
- butterfly stroke — a swimming stroke in which the arms are plunged forward together in large circular movements
- by word of mouth — orally rather than by written means
- confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
- counterfactually — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- court of inquiry — A court of inquiry is a group of people who are officially appointed to investigate a serious accident or incident, or an official investigation into a serious accident or incident.
- cutoff frequency — a frequency level above or below which a device fails to respond or operate efficiently
- deferred annuity — an annuity that commences not less than one year after the final purchase premium
- do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- first-time buyer — someone who is buying his or her first house
- fishing industry — the industry of catching fish
- flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
- flat-track bully — a sportsperson who dominates inferior opposition, but who cannot beat top-level opponents
- focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
- foreign currency — money used in another country
- fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
- fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- freshly squeezed — You can describe juice that has been recently pressed out of fruit as freshly squeezed.
- geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
- glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
- go for your life — an expression of encouragement
- gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
- huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.
- hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
- ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
- make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
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