19-letter words containing o, u, t

facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
father of the house — (in Britain) the longest-serving member of the House of Commons
fault tolerant unix — (operating system) (FTX) Stratus's own Unix System V Release 4 multiprocessor operating system. In 2016, FTX is supported but no longer developed. FTX was one of three operating systems supplied by Stratus on their hardware, the other two, HP-UX and VOS, were the more common choices, FTX was only sold on an exceptional basis. Early FTX 3.x releases used an in-house virtual disk layer (VDL) driver, but later releases switched to a version of Veritas VxVM. FTX supported many of the proprietary communications boards (ISDN, serial, parallel, X.25, etc.).
feather-duster worm — any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae, the numerous species having a crown of feathery tentacles used in feeding and respiration.
february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
first person plural — a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself together with others
first-in, first-out — an inventory plan that assumes that items purchased first will be sold first and that by valuing inventory items at the price of the most recent purchases, inventory values will be comparable to any rise in prices. Abbreviation: FIFO . Compare last-in, first-out.
flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
floating foundation — a foundation used in yielding soil, having for its footing a raft tending to displace a weight greater than that of the building.
floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
floating-point unit — (hardware) (FPU) A floating-point accelerator, usually in a single integrated circuit, possible on the same IC as the central processing unit.
fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
follow-up interview — a second interview following an initial interview
for crying out loud — exasperation
forensic accountant — an accountant who specializes in applying accountancy skills to the purposes of the law
foundation subjects — the subjects studied as part of the National Curriculum, including the compulsory core subjects
four colour theorem — four colour map theorem
fractional currency — coins or paper money of a smaller denomination than the basic monetary unit.
frameshift mutation — a mutation caused by frameshift.
freeze-frame button — a control button on a remote control device, used to stop a moving image to view it as a still
freezing injunction — an order enabling the court to freeze the assets of a defendant, esp to prevent him or her taking them abroad
friend of the court — amicus curiae.
functional analysis — the branch of mathematics that deals with the theory of vector spaces and linear functionals.
functional calculus — the branch of symbolic logic that includes the sentential calculus and that deals with sentential functions and quantifiers and with logical relations between sentences containing quantifiers.
functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
functional database — (database, language) A database which uses a functional language as its query language. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a purely functional language would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically scalable, the update mechanism must clearly be destructive rather than functional; however it is quite feasible for the query language to be purely functional so long as the database is considered as an argument. One approach to the update problem would use a monad to encapsulate database access and ensure it was single threaded. Alternative approaches have been suggested by Trinder, who suggests non-destructive updating with shared data structures, and Sutton who uses a variant of a Phil Wadler's linear type system. There are two main classes of functional database languages. The first is based upon Backus' FP language, of which FQL is probably the best known example. Adaplan is a more recent language which falls into this category. More recently, people have been working on languages which are syntactically very similar to modern functional programming languages, but which also provide all of the features of a database language, e.g. bulk data structures which can be incrementally updated, type systems which can be incrementally updated, and all data persisting in a database. Examples are PFL [Poulovassilis&Small, VLDB-91], and Machiavelli [Ohori et al, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 1998].
functional language — (language) A language that supports and encourages functional programming.
functional medicine — individualized medical care that recognizes the interactions between genetic and environmental factors and between the body's interconnected systems.
gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
genetic counselling — the provision of advice for couples with a history of inherited disorders who wish to have children, including the likelihood of having affected children and the course and management of the disorder, etc
geneva nomenclature — an internationally accepted system for naming organic carbon compounds.
geomagnetic equator — an imaginary line on the earth's surface, the plane of which passes through the center and is midway between the geomagnetic poles.
get one's dander up — to become or to cause someone to become annoyed or angry
give your eye teeth — If you say that you would give your eye teeth for something, you mean that you want it very much and you would do anything to get it.
glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
gloucester old spot — a hardy rare breed of pig, white with a few black markings, that originally lived off windfalls in orchards in the Severn valley
go (on a) walkabout — If a king, queen, or other important person goes walkabout or goes on a walkabout, he or she walks through crowds in a public place in order to meet people in an informal way.
go down the tube(s) — If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
go into liquidation — to close one's business by collecting assets and settling all debts
go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
go through the hoop — to be subjected to an ordeal
go through the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.

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