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15-letter words containing f, u, t, o

  • cpu info center — (processor)   An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
  • crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
  • customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
  • day of judgment — Judgment Day
  • dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
  • defunct process — zombie process
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • dessertspoonful — You can refer to an amount of food resting on a dessertspoon as a dessertspoonful of food.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • draft-mule work — drudgery
  • draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
  • droste-hulshoff — Annette Elisabeth Freiin von [ah-net-uh ey-lee-zah-bet frahy-in fuh n] /ɑˈnɛt ə eɪˈli zɑˌbɛt ˈfraɪ ɪn fən/ (Show IPA), 1797–1848, German poet.
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
  • faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
  • fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • fallout shelter — protective bunker
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • fault tolerance — (architecture)   1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
  • fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
  • fellow creature — a kindred creature, especially a fellow human being.
  • ferrous sulfate — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
  • field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
  • fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
  • figure of eight — figure eight.
  • figure of merit — a measure of the efficiency of a helicopter in hover
  • finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
  • finite automata — Finite State Machine
  • fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
  • fission product — a nuclide produced either directly by nuclear fission or by the radioactive decay of such a nuclide
  • flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
  • flapping router — (networking)   A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
  • flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
  • floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
  • floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
  • follow-up study — a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
  • follow-up visit — a visit made as a follow-up to an initial visit
  • food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
  • food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
  • foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
  • football ground — an area of land where football games are played
  • football league — highest-level soccer competition
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