21-letter words containing f, u, r

ferric sodium oxalate — an emerald-green, crystalline, extremely water-soluble salt, used in photography and blueprinting.
financial underwriter — A financial underwriter is an insurance employee working in financial underwriting.
first baron ashburton — Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
first-round financing — First round financing is the first time a new company raises money from investors.
fluorophosphoric acid — any of three acids containing fluorine and phosphorus, HPF 6 , HPO 2 F 2 , or H 2 PO 3 F.
foreground processing — a type of processing that supports interaction between interactive and batch operations
four-footed butterfly — any of several butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, including the fritillaries, mourning cloaks, anglewings, and commas, characterized by reduced, nonfunctional forelegs.
fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
frequent wash shampoo — a shampoo whose mildness allows it to be used frequently
friuli-venezia giulia — a region in NE Italy: formerly part of Venezia Giulia, most of which was ceded to Yugoslavia (now Croatia and Slovenia) in 1947. 2947 sq. mi. (7630 sq. km).
full faith and credit — the obligation under Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
fuming sulphuric acid — a mixture of pyrosulphuric acid, H2S2O7, and other condensed acids, made by dissolving sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid
functional illiterate — a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.
functional imperative — a requirement for the survival of any social system, as communication, control of conflict, or socialization.
fundamental frequency — the lowest frequency at which a medium will freely oscillate.
ground-effect machine — ACV (def 2).
hay-pauncefote treaty — an agreement (1901) between the U.S. and Great Britain giving the U.S. the sole right to build a canal across Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
high court of justice — an English court formed in 1873 from several superior courts and consisting of a court of original jurisdiction (High Court of Justice) and an appellate court (Court of Appeal)
higher-order function — (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g. map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function.
house of prostitution — a brothel.
illinois bundleflower — a warm-season perennial, Desmanthus illinoensis, having small brown legumes and fernlike leaves, native to North American prairies, glades, and pastures.
in (or out of) order — in (or not in) proper sequence or position
in (or out of) phase — in (or not in) a state of exactly parallel movements, oscillations, etc.; in (or not in) synchronization
in (or out of) place — in (or out of) the customary, proper, or assigned place
in a state of undress — If someone is in a state of undress, they do not have all their clothes on.
in favor/out of favor — If someone or something is in favor, people like or support them. If they are out of favor, people no longer like or support them.
in the course of time — eventually
infectious ectromelia — ectromelia (def 2).
inflationary universe — a version of the big bang theory in which the universe underwent very rapid growth during the first fraction of a second before it settled down to its current rate of expansion.
insurance certificate — a certificate that shows that a person or organization has insurance
interest-rate futures — financial futures based on projected movements of interest rates
joseph bonaparte gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia. Width: 360 km (225 miles)
lafayette, marquis de — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
lafcadio's adventures — French Les Caves du Vatican. a novel (1914) by André Gide.
league of arab states — Arab League.
learning difficulties — difficulty experienced in reaching the average standard of people of the same age group as regards intellectual and cognitive skills and performance
like a blue-arsed fly — in a state of frenzied activity
liquefied natural gas — a mixture of various gases, esp methane, liquefied under pressure for transportation and used as an engine fuel
lost in the underflow — (jargon) Too small to be worth considering; more specifically, small beyond the limits of accuracy or measurement. This is a reference to "floating point underflow". The Hacker's Jargon File claimed that it is also a pun on "undertow" (a kind of fast, cold current that sometimes runs just offshore and can be dangerous to swimmers). "Well, sure, photon pressure from the stadium lights alters the path of a thrown baseball, but that effect gets lost in the underflow". Compare epsilon, epsilon squared; see also overflow bit.
lotus-of-the-true-law — a Mahayana sutra, forming with its references to Amida and the Bodhisattvas the basis for the doctrine that there is something of Buddha in everyone, so that salvation is universally available: a central text of Mahayana Buddhism.
lull before the storm — If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.
made of sterner stuff — If you say that someone is made of sterner stuff, you mean that they have a strong personality and are capable of overcoming difficulties and problems.
make up for lost time — compensate for past inaction
make yourself at home — settle in
manufacturing company — a company that manufactures goods
manufacturing process — chain of production
mother-of-pearl cloud — nacreous cloud.
multiplication factor — the ratio of the number of neutrons in a generation to the number of neutrons in the previous generation: when the multiplication factor is equal to or greater than one, a chain reaction is possible
nitrosylsulfuric acid — a clear, straw-colored, oily, corrosive liquid, HNO 5 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
no smoke without fire — the evidence strongly suggests something has indeed happened

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