0%

13-letter words containing f, u

  • outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
  • outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • over-effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
  • overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • pressure-feed — a system in which the supply of material is maintained by applied pressure
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
  • public office — position in government
  • pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
  • put to flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • quadrifarious — having four parts
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
  • quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • queue fourche — (of a lion) having a single tail divided in two partway along its length so as to have two complete ends.
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?