14-letter words containing b, o, f, i, n
- finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flexible joint — A flexible joint is a coupling which can transmit torque between two shafts which are not aligned.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
- king of beasts — the lion.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- line of battle — a line formed by troops or ships for delivering or receiving an attack.
- muni bond fund — municipal bond fund.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-beneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-refillable — (of a container of some kind) not capable of being used again by having more of something put inside
- nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.
- nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- noninflammable — Not catching fire easily; not flammable.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- union of burma — former official name of Burma.
- unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes