13-letter words containing s, u, i, f
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distrustfully — In a distrustful manner.
- dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
- duff's device — The most dramatic use yet seen of fall through in C, invented by Tom Duff when he was at Lucasfilm. Trying to bum all the instructions he could out of an inner loop that copied data serially onto an output port, he decided to unroll it. He then realised that the unrolled version could be implemented by *interlacing* the structures of a switch and a loop: register n = (count + 7) / 8; /* count > 0 assumed */ switch (count % 8) { case 0: do { *to = *from++; case 7: *to = *from++; case 6: *to = *from++; case 5: *to = *from++; case 4: *to = *from++; case 3: *to = *from++; case 2: *to = *from++; case 1: *to = *from++; } while (--n > 0); } Shocking though it appears to all who encounter it for the first time, the device is actually perfectly valid, legal C. C's default fall through in case statements has long been its most controversial single feature; Duff observed that "This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against."
- dumfriesshire — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- family values — belief in traditional family unit
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fashion house — an establishment in which fashionable clothes are designed, made, and sold
- faunistically — in a faunistic manner
- feloniousness — The quality of being felonious.
- fermentitious — of a fermenting nature
- ferociousness — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferrous oxide — a black powder, FeO, insoluble in water, soluble in acid.
- feuilletonism — The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
- feuilletonist — a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- filibusterism — (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- film industry — all the companies, studios, people etc involved in making commercial films collectively
- film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
- first quarter — the instant, approximately one week after a new moon, when one half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
- first refusal — If someone has first refusal on something that is being sold or offered, they have the right to decide whether or not to buy it or take it before it is offered to anyone else.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
- 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.