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13-letter words containing f, u

  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • glue sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • glue-sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
  • gulf of gabès — an inlet of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia
  • gulf of kutch — an inlet of the Arabian Sea in India. Length: about 159 kilometres (99 miles)
  • gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
  • gulf of papua — an inlet of the Coral Sea in the SE coast of New Guinea
  • gulf of saros — an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • gulf of volos — an inlet of the Aegean in east central Greece
  • gulf-of-saros — Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
  • gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • half measures — inadequate measures or actions
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
  • halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
  • hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • hash function — (programming)   A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
  • healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
  • homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
  • house of keys — the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man.
  • house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
  • housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
  • hubble effect — redshift
  • huff and puff — be out of breath
  • hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
  • hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • hyposulfurous — of or derived from hyposulfurous acid.
  • ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • if i were you — You say 'if I were you' to someone when you are giving them advice.
  • if you ask me — You can say 'if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • iguassu falls — a waterfall on the Iguassú River, on the boundary between Brazil and Argentina. 210 feet (64 meters) high.
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