14-letter words containing d, i, a, s
- fairmindedness — Alt form fair-mindedness.
- faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fashion design — the activity of designing fashionable clothes
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
- find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
- fireside chats — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- 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-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- 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).
- florida strait — a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
- florida-strait — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- free as a bird — really free
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- futuna islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific Ocean belonging to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
- gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.