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16-letter words containing u, l

  • executive lounge — a room in an airport in which people who are travelling first class can wait for their flight in comfort
  • executive relief — sexual intercourse or masturbation
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • expected utility — the weighted average utility of the possible outcomes of a probabilistic situation; the sum or integral of the product of the probability distribution and the utility function
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • external auditor — sb brought in to check financial records
  • external student — a student studying a university subject extramurally
  • eyjafjallajökull — a cone-shaped ice cap in south Iceland that covers an active volcano. The volcano’s eruption in 2010 resulted in large high-altitude clouds of volcanic ash that caused major disruption to European passenger air traffic. Height: 1666 m (5466 ft)
  • facial neuralgia — paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • farquhar islands — an island group in the Indian Ocean: administratively part of the Seychelles
  • feel the draught — to be short of money
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • feulgen reaction — a reaction in which an aldehyde combines with a modified Schiff's reagent to produce a purplish compound: used especially to test for the presence of DNA
  • filterable virus — a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus.
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • fire-tube boiler — any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubes (fire tubes) immersed in water to a chimney or uptake.
  • first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
  • flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
  • flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
  • flat-track bully — a sportsperson who dominates inferior opposition, but who cannot beat top-level opponents
  • flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
  • flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • fluosilicic acid — an unstable acid, H 2 SiF 6 , known only in its colorless, poisonous, fuming aqueous solution or in the form of its salts: used chiefly as a wood preservative, a disinfectant, and as a hardening agent in the manufacture of ceramic ware, cement, and concrete.
  • flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
  • flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
  • folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
  • follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
  • follow-up letter — a letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc
  • fool around with — have casual sex
  • foot fault judge — on official on the baseline who is responsible for calling foot faults
  • for external use — If medicine is for external use, it is intended to be used only on the outside of your body, and not to be eaten or drunk.
  • foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
  • four-course meal — A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other.
  • four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-leaf clover — a clover leaf having four leaflets instead of the usual three, purported to bring good luck.
  • four-letter word — any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
  • four-minute mile — a mile-long race run in four minutes or less
  • four-star petrol — petrol containing lead, formerly sold in the UK
  • four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
  • francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
  • frankfurt school — a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory
  • fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
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