14-letter words containing f, u
- council of ten — the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- coup de foudre — a sudden and amazing action or event
- court of honor — the planning body of a girl-scout troop, composed of patrol leaders, the troop scribe, the troop treasurer, and the adult troop leader.
- cruft together — (jargon) To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
- crutched friar — a member of a mendicant order, suppressed in 1656
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cult following — the admiration that is felt by a particular group for a film, book, band, etc
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cut sheet feed — the automatic movement of single sheets of paper through the platen of the printer
- cut-off device — a device that terminates the flow or supply of something
- cut-off switch — a switch that cuts off the supply of electricity
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- de-icing fluid — a liquid that removes or discourages the formation of ice
- dead sea fruit — something that appears to be beautiful or full of promise but is in reality nothing but illusion and disappointment.
- debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
- default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
- delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- dip-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is in the direction of the dip of the fault
- disdainfulness — The state or quality of being disdainful.
- disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
- disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
- disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
- do one's stuff — If you do your stuff, you perform an activity in the way that people expect.
- do the needful — to perform a necessary task
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- door furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- drag your feet — dawdle
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- drilling fluid — a fluid used in the process of drilling bore holes and oil wells, for instance drilling mud, water, and compressed air amongst others
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
- duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.