15-letter words containing f, u, s
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- suspensefulness — the state of being suspenseful
- suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- tourist traffic — the number of tourists that visit an area
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- true-false test — a test requiring one to mark statements as true or false.
- tufted titmouse — a gray titmouse, Parus bicolor, of the eastern and midwestern U.S., having a crested head.
- ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
- un-fortuitously — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unbosom oneself — to tell or reveal one's feelings, secrets, etc.
- under sb's roof — If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- unfossiliferous — (of sediment, clay, rock, etc) not containing fossils
- university fees — charges made by a university for the administering of a course of study or an examination
- unsatisfiedness — the state of being unsatisfied
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- unsteadfastness — the condition of being unsteadfast
- usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
- walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
- wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation
- work oneself up — become overwrought
- writ of summons — a writ requiring one to appear in court to answer a complaint.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason