14-letter words containing u, n, f, r, i
- 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.
- parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
- 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
- purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- route flapping — flapping router
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- transfusionist — a medical professional who transfuses blood into someone
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
- unartificially — in an unartificial manner
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- underfulfilled — falling short of having achieved one's potential or desires
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unfriendedness — the state of being unfriended
- uniformitarian — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
- uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
- union of burma — former official name of Burma.