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

  • further education — adult education.
  • get a bang out of — to experience a thrill or excitement from
  • get a kick out of — enjoy, take pleasure in
  • get a rise out of — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • go out of fashion — be dated
  • go out of the way — to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
  • greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
  • have a short fuse — a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
  • hillel foundation — a national organization, founded in 1924 by the B'nai B'rith, that institutes and administers programs designed to enrich the religious, cultural, and social life of Jewish college students.
  • household effects — domestic belongings
  • how's-your-father — sexual intercourse
  • identity function — identity (def 9d).
  • if you don't mind — People use the expression if you don't mind when they are rejecting an offer or saying that they do not want to do something, especially when they are annoyed.
  • immunofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
  • implicit function — See at implicit (def 4).
  • in a fit of pique — If someone does something in a fit of pique, they do it suddenly because they are annoyed at being not treated properly.
  • in/out of fashion — If something is in fashion, it is popular and approved of at a particular time. If it is out of fashion, it is not popular or approved of.
  • in/out of keeping — If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
  • induction furnace — a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own electrical resistance.
  • integral function — an entire function.
  • island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
  • isthmus of panama — an isthmus linking North and South America, between the Pacific and the Caribbean. Length: 676 km (420 miles). Width (at its narrowest point): 50 km (31 miles)
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • jumping-off point — A jumping-off point or a jumping-off place is a place, situation, or occasion which you use as the starting point for something.
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • last-in first-out — stack
  • law of the jungle — a system or mode of action in which the strongest survive, presumably as animals in nature or as human beings whose activity is not regulated by the laws or ethics of civilization.
  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • letter of request — a letter sent from a court to a foreign court requesting judicial assistance
  • letters of marque — a former government document authorizing an individual to make reprisals on the subjects of an enemy nation, specif. to arm a ship and capture enemy merchant ships and cargo
  • line of induction — (formerly) a line of force in a magnetic field.
  • line of longitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating longitude
  • low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
  • make hay (out) of — to turn (something) to one's advantage
  • man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
  • manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
  • manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
  • margaret of anjou — 1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.
  • memoised function — memo function
  • memoized function — memo function
  • metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
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