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14-letter words containing f, u, s, e

  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
  • fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • fresh out (of) — having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
  • front of house — restaurant
  • front side bus — (hardware)   (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
  • frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
  • fulfil oneself — to achieve one's potential or desires
  • full professor — professor (def 1).
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • fungible issue — a bond issued by a company on the same terms as a bond previously issued by that company, although the redemption yield will probably be different
  • funny business — improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
  • fused sentence — a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction.
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • futurelessness — the state or quality of being futureless
  • futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • group of seven — G7.
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
  • half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
  • heat of fusion — the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification.
  • hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
  • house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
  • house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
  • house of peers — former name of the Japanese House of Councilors.
  • house of study — Beth Midrash.
  • ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
  • in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  • in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
  • infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
  • infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
  • insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
  • interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
  • intestinal flu — influenza with abdominal symptoms, as diarrhea or vomiting.
  • it's a feature — (jargon)   From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.
  • kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
  • kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
  • life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
  • life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
  • lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
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