18-letter words containing f, u, s, e
- sound and the fury — a novel (1929) by William Faulkner.
- speak for yourself — If you say 'Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them.
- spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
- spectrofluorometer — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
- spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
- squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
- state of the union — A State of the Union speech or address is a speech, given once a year, in which the president of the United States talks about the current political issues that affect the country as a whole and about his plans for the year ahead.
- subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
- sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
- sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
- surface-to-surface — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from a base on the surface of the earth to a target also on the surface.
- sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
- symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
- the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
- the mosque of omar — the mosque in Jerusalem, Israel, built in 691 ad by caliph 'Abd al-Malik: the third most holy place of Islam; stands on the Temple Mount alongside the al-Aqsa mosque
- the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- to feast your eyes — If you feast your eyes on something, you look at it for a long time with great attention because you find it very attractive.
- to play favourites — to display favouritism
- to pull a fast one — If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
- torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
- transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
- treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
- tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
- tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
- turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- universal suffrage — suffrage for all persons over a certain age, usually 18 or 21, who in other respects satisfy the requirements established by law.
- university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
- ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
- uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
- white-footed mouse — any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
- wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
- woman of the house — lady of the house.
- zone of saturation — the ground below the water table