14-letter words containing a, s, i, n, f
- fiesta taurina — fiesta de toros.
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- file signature — A magic number.
- final solution — the Nazi program of annihilating the Jews of Europe during the Third Reich.
- find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
- fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
- finishing nail — a slender nail with a small globular head, used for finish work, being driven to slightly beneath the surface and covered with putty or the like.
- finnegans wake — a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce.
- finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
- fire insurance — insurance covering any loss or damage caused by fire.
- fire-resistant — totally or almost totally unburnable.
- fireman's lift — a method of carrying a person, in which you put one shoulder into the person's midriff, lift them and carry them with their head arms and upper torso hanging down your back while you grip their legs with one hand (leaving your other hand free to hold the ladder as you climb down)
- first and last — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
- first language — mother tongue
- first sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a company, squadron, etc., responsible for personnel and administration.
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
- flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fortifications — Plural form of fortification.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- fraternisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fraternization.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.