15-letter words containing o, s, u, a
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- epsilon squared — (jargon) A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- excursion train — a train that is laid on for a special occasion such as a sports or cultural event
- expense account — account for expenses
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
- fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- fallout shelter — protective bunker
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
- ferrous sulfate — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- finno-russo war — the war (1939–40) between Finland and the Soviet Union.
- fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
- fishing harbour — a place where fishing boats are tied up
- fissiparousness — The quality of being fissiparous.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
- flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
- flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
- floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
- formal calculus — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- foster daughter — a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- fructifications — Plural form of fructification.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- functionalistic — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
- gesta romanorum — a popular collection of tales in Latin with moral applications, compiled in the late 13th century as a manual for preachers
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- go up in flames — be burned
- golgi apparatus — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.