14-letter words containing f, u
- to follow suit — If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done.
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- to run foul of — If you run foul of someone or fall foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- to the tune of — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- tourist office — information centre for sightseers
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- transfusionist — a medical professional who transfuses blood into someone
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
- un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- unaffectionate — showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender: an affectionate embrace.
- unartificially — in an unartificial manner
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- uncheerfulness — (of a person) lack of cheerfulness; gloominess; unhappiness
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- under color of — under the pretext or guise of
- under cover of — concealed
- underfulfilled — falling short of having achieved one's potential or desires
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
- unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- unfriendedness — the state of being unfriended
- ungracefulness — the state of being ungraceful
- unidentifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- uniflow engine — a double-acting steam engine exhausting from the middle of each cylinder at each stroke so that the motion of the steam from admission to exhaust is continuous in one direction.
- uniformitarian — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
- uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
- union of burma — former official name of Burma.
- unit furniture — furniture consisting of separate units, conceived to be combined in different ways
- unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant