15-letter words containing u, n, f, d
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- retirement fund — A retirement fund is a special fund which people pay money into so that, when they retire from their job, they will receive money regularly as a pension.
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- sulfanilic acid — a grayish-white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, the para form of C 6 H 7 NO 3 S, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
- sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- turn a deaf ear — pretend not to hear
- unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
- unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- under sb's roof — If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
- under the knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- under your feet — If you say that someone is under your feet, you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
- under-frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- underfulfilling — falling short of satisfactory
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- unsatisfiedness — the state of being unsatisfied
- unsteadfastness — the condition of being unsteadfast
- usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- winter flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)