13-letter words containing f, u
- buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
- buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- buffer memory — a temporary holding area for data
- buffet supper — supper at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
- built-up roof — a usually flat or slightly sloped roof that is covered with a special material applied in sealed, waterproof layers.
- bully for you — well done! bravo!
- bumblebeefish — any of several gobies of the genus Brachygobius, inhabiting waters of the Malay Archipelago and having brown and yellow bands on the body that resemble the markings of a bumblebee.
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- burglar-proof — designed to be secure and to frustrate any attempted burglary
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butterfingers — a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
- butterfly net — a lightweight, fine net on the end of a pole used for catching butterflies
- butterfly nut — wing nut.
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- campaign fund — money for a campaign, as of a political candidate, usually acquired through contributions by supporters.
- candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- centrifugence — the property of being centrifugal
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- chef-d'oeuvre — a masterpiece
- chief justice — A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court.
- church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
- church of god — any of numerous Protestant denominations that stress personal conversion, sanctification, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion, and, among some, speaking in tongues.
- circular file — a wastebasket
- circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
- circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
- circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
- columelliform — like a columella.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- computer file — file
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.