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14-letter words containing u, n, f, o, r, e

  • function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
  • funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • group of seven — G7.
  • guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
  • infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
  • inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
  • interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
  • junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
  • long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
  • non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • out of nowhere — unexpectedly
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rule of eleven — the rule that when a player leads his or her fourth-highest card in any suit its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • sense of humor — finding things funny
  • seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • square oneself — to make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
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