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17-letter words containing s, c, u, f

  • inefficaciousness — Lack of efficacy.
  • infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
  • mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
  • maurice of nassau — Prince of Orange 1567-1625; Du. statesman & military leader
  • memoised function — memo function
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
  • nyquist frequency — (DSP)   The highest frequency that can be represented in a digital signal of a specified sampling frequency. It is equal to one-half of the sampling rate. See Nyquist Theorem.
  • odour of sanctity — sanctimoniousness
  • out of commission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • performance bonus — a monetary bonus paid to staff who have performed well in their job
  • performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
  • piece of business — business (def 10).
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • point of purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • point-of-purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • procurator fiscal — In the Scottish legal system, the procurator fiscal is a public official who puts people on trial.
  • proof of purchase — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have purchased or bought something
  • proof-of-purchase — a sales slip, label, box top, or other item associated with a product that is presentable as evidence of actual purchase, as for claiming a refund or rebate.
  • pseudo-scientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • purple of cassius — a purple pigment precipitated as a sol by the interaction of gold chloride and a solution of stannic acid and stannous chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of ruby glass, ceramic glazes, and enamels.
  • pyrosulfuric acid — a strong, crystalline acid, H2S2O7, prepared commercially as a heavy, oily, fuming liquid: used in making explosives and dyes, as a sulfating agent, etc.
  • qualified success — If you describe something as a qualified success, you mean that it is only partly successful.
  • recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
  • refuse collection — the collection of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • refuse destructor — someone responsible for or something that destructs or destroys rubbish and waste
  • resurrection fern — a drought-resistant, evergreen, epiphytic fern, Polypodium polypodioides, of subtropical to tropical America, appearing to be a ball of coiled, dead leaves in the dry season but reviving with moisture.
  • rush one's fences — to proceed with precipitate haste
  • rush-hour traffic — the large number of vehicles that move along roads, travelling to or from work at the beginning and end of the working day
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
  • self-introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • sexual preference — Someone's sexual preference is the same as their sexual orientation.
  • shoot one's cuffs — to expose one's shirt cuffs beyond the coat sleeves
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
  • speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
  • standard function — a subprogram provided by a translator that carries out a task, for example the computation of a mathematical function, such as sine, square root, etc
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