13-letter words containing a, t, f, i
- fondant icing — icing made from fondant
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- food additive — additive (def 4).
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fort victoria — a former name of Masvingo.
- fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
- fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fractionation — the act or process of fractionating.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frequentative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing repetition of an action.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.