18-letter words containing u, f, o

joint life annuity — an annuity, the payments of which cease at the death of the first of two or more specified persons.
just (plain) folks — simple and unassuming; not snobbish
last in, first out — The expression last in, first out is used to say that the last person who started work in an organization should be the first person to leave it, if fewer people are needed.
last-in, first-out — an inventory plan based on the assumption that materials constituting manufacturing costs should be carried on the books at the market price of the last lot received. Abbreviation: LIFO. Compare first-in, first-out.
laugh out of court — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
left-eyed flounder — any of several flat-fishes of the family Bothidae, having both eyes on the left side of the head.
like a house afire — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
lord chief justice — the presiding judge of Britain's High Court of Justice, the superior court of record for both criminal and civil cases.
malicious mischief — willful destruction of personal property motivated by ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
manufactured goods — products made by machine
marsilius of padua — c1280–1343? Italian scholar and political theorist.
medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
modulus of torsion — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
mozilla foundation — (body, web, open source) The body set up by Netscape in January 1998 to coordinate development of the Mozilla browser and to provide a point of contact.
much of a muchness — very similar
multiflow computer — (company) A now-defunct computer company, best known for its work in Very Long Instruction Word processors. Address: New Haven, Conn. USA.
multifunctionality — The condition of being multifunctional.
no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
of your own making — If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
one of sb's number — One of your number is a member of your group.
order of australia — an order awarded to Australians for outstanding achievement or for service to Australia or to humanity at large; established in 1975
order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
out of circulation — If someone is out of circulation, they do not appear in public or at social gatherings for a period of time. You can also say that someone is out of circulation when they are in prison.
out of one's depth — a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
out of one's hands — no longer one's responsibility
out of one's skull — foolish; silly
out of the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
out of whole cloth — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
par for the course — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
percussion flaking — a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.
perfect continuous — perfect progressive.
piecewise function — a function whose definition changes depending on the value of the independent variable
point of departure — Nautical. the precise location of a vessel, established in order to set a course, especially in beginning a voyage in open water.
point of no return — Aviation. the point in a flight at which an aircraft will lack sufficient fuel to return to its starting point.
population figures — population totals; statistics relating to the size of populations
potassium fluoride — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, toxic powder, KF, used chiefly as an insecticide, a disinfectant, and in etching glass.
prefect of studies — a senior master in a Jesuit school or college
presumption of law — a presumption based upon a policy of law or a general rule and not upon the facts or evidence in an individual case.
product life cycle — the four stages (introduction, growth, maturity, and decline) into one of which the sales of a product fall during its market life
programme of study — the prescribed syllabus that pupils must be taught at each key stage in the National Curriculum
provably difficult — The set or property of problems for which it can be proven that no polynomial-time algorithm exists, only exponential-time algorithms.
purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
purple loosestrife — an Old World plant, Lythrum salicaria, of the loosestrife family, widely naturalized in North America, growing in wet places and having spikes of reddish-purple flowers.
put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
put one in mind of — to remind (one) of
put your foot down — If someone puts their foot down, they use their authority in order to stop something happening.

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