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13-letter words containing r, o, t, u

  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
  • erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
  • estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
  • eta reduction — eta conversion
  • ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
  • eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
  • european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
  • exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
  • expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
  • faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
  • fantin-latour — (Ignace) Henri (Joseph Théodore) [ee-nyas ahn-ree zhaw-zef tey-aw-dawr] /iˈnyas ɑ̃ˈri ʒɔˈzɛf teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1836–1904, French painter.
  • fatigue ratio — the ratio between the fatigue limit and the tensile strength of a material.
  • feature shock — (jargon)   (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
  • feature story — a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare follow-up (def 3b), hard news, news story.
  • federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
  • fermentitious — of a fermenting nature
  • ferrotitanium — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent titanium.
  • ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
  • filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
  • fill-out form — (programming)   A type of user interface used, for example, on the web, to organise a set of questions or options for the user so that it resembles a traditional paper form that is filled out. Typical query types are: fill-in-the-blank (text), menu of options, select zero or more, or select exactly one ("radio buttons"). Most web browsers support fill-out forms. Overview.
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
  • floor-through — occupying the entire depth of a building: a floor-through apartment.
  • floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
  • fluoroacetate — a toxic chemical compound, C2H2FNaO2, occurring naturally in certain plants, and commonly used as rat poison
  • fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
  • fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
  • flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
  • food industry — the industry surrounding the production of food
  • food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
  • forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
  • forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
  • form function — (jargon)   The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
  • formularistic — relating to formularization
  • fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
  • fort huachuca — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Arizona, SE of Tucson.
  • fort mcmurray — a town in NE Alberta, in W Canada, on the Athabasca River.
  • fort monmouth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E central New Jersey, SE of Red Bank; site of signal school.
  • fort moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
  • fortitudinous — having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.
  • fortunateness — The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
  • fortuneteller — a person who claims the ability to predict the future.
  • foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
  • foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
  • fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
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