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17-letter words containing f, u, c

  • hairline fracture — a very fine crack in a bone
  • half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels
  • household effects — domestic belongings
  • human trafficking — the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation.
  • hydrofluoric acid — a colorless, fuming, corrosive liquid, HF, an aqueous solution of hydrogen fluoride, used chiefly for etching glass.
  • hydrofluorocarbon — Any of a class of partly chlorinated and fluorinated hydrocarbons, used as an alternative to chlorofluorocarbons in foam production, refrigeration, and other processes.
  • identity function — identity (def 9d).
  • immunofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
  • implicit function — See at implicit (def 4).
  • inclusive fitness — the fitness of an individual organism as measured in terms of the survival and reproductive success of its kin, each relative being valued according to the probability of shared genetic information, an offspring or sibling having a value of 50 percent and a cousin 25 percent.
  • induction furnace — a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own electrical resistance.
  • inefficaciousness — Lack of efficacy.
  • infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
  • influence peddler — a person who arranges to obtain favors, as government contracts, from high officials on behalf of others for a fee.
  • integral function — an entire function.
  • julian of norwich — ?1342–?1413, English mystic and anchoress: best known for the Revelations of Divine Love describing her visions
  • jump trace buffer — (JTB) A feature of some pipelined processors (e.g. Amulet, Pentium?) which stores the source and destination addresses of the last few branch instuctions executed. When a branch instruction is fetched, its source is looked for in the JTB. If found, the next instuction fetch will be from the previous destination of that branch. If it turns out that the branch shouldn't have been taken this time, then the pipeline is flushed. This means that in a tight loop it is not necessary to flush the pipeline every time you jump back to the start.
  • jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • line of induction — (formerly) a line of force in a magnetic field.
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • macfarlane burnet — Sir (Frank) Macfarlane [muh k-fahr-luh n] /məkˈfɑr lən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1985, Australian physician: Nobel Prize in Physiology 1960.
  • manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
  • mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
  • maurice of nassau — Prince of Orange 1567-1625; Du. statesman & military leader
  • memoised function — memo function
  • memoized function — memo function
  • molecular formula — a chemical formula that indicates the kinds of atoms and the number of each kind in a molecule of a compound.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • multiplier effect — the effect of government spending on national income
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
  • natural frequency — the frequency at which a system vibrates when set in free vibration
  • not think much of — be unimpressed by
  • nuclear-free zone — any area in which nuclear weapons, power plants, or materials are not allowed.
  • nyquist frequency — (DSP)   The highest frequency that can be represented in a digital signal of a specified sampling frequency. It is equal to one-half of the sampling rate. See Nyquist Theorem.
  • odour of sanctity — sanctimoniousness
  • office automation — a method or system of using automated or electronic equipment, as word processors and computers, in the operations of an office.
  • orfeo ed euridice — an opera (1762), with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
  • out for the count — If someone is out for the count, they are unconscious or very deeply asleep.
  • out of commission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • performance bonus — a monetary bonus paid to staff who have performed well in their job
  • performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
  • periodic function — a function of a real or complex variable that is periodic.
  • piece of business — business (def 10).
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
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