15-letter words containing u, n, f, e
- neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- non-fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
- not care a fuck — not to care at all
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
- nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
- odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
- off one's chump — insane; crazy
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- office building — building containing offices
- out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
- pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- part of fortune — the celestial longitude of the moon plus the celestial longitude of the ascendant minus the celestial longitude of the sun: said to connote an area of life through which one achieves emotional satisfaction.
- patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- pendulum effect — Also called pendulum law. Physics. a law, discovered by Galileo in 1602, that describes the regular, swinging motion of a pendulum by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- proper function — eigenfunction.
- public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
- put into effect — law, rule: enforce
- put oneself out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
- quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
- quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
- queen of heaven — a designation of the Virgin Mary.
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- recurrent fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
- 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.
- reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)