16-letter words containing f, u, p
- period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
- person of colour — a person who is not White
- persulfuric acid — Also called Caro's acid, permonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid. a white, crystalline solid, H 2 SO 5 , used as an oxidizing agent for certain organic compounds.
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- pique oneself on — to be proud of
- powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- pseudoscientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
- pull a long face — to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
- put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
- put sb/sth first — If you put someone or something first, you treat or consider them as more important than anything else.
- put your feet up — If you put your feet up, you relax or have a rest, especially by sitting or lying with your feet supported off the ground.
- refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
- regius professor — Crown-appointed holder of a university chair
- self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
- self-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
- self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-suppression — Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- specific impulse — a measure, usually in seconds, of the efficiency with which a rocket engine utilizes its propellants, equal to the number of pounds of thrust produced per pound of propellant burned per second.
- specific surface — The specific surface is the ratio of a particle's surface area to its volume or mass.
- stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
- step out of line — to fail to conform to expected standards, attitudes, etc
- stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- sulfanilyl group — the para form of the group C 6 H 6 NO 2 S–, derived from sulfanilic acid.
- sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
- surface-printing — planography.
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty