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16-letter words containing e, l, f, i, n

  • dictionary flame — [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise. A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality. Compare spelling flame.
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • dolce far niente — pleasing inactivity.
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • electric furnace — any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • equine influenza — a respiratory disease of horses, caused by the Orthomyxoviridae type A virus, characterized by a fever and persistent cough
  • exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • external affairs — (formerly) the Canadian federal Foreign Affairs department
  • facial neuralgia — paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
  • fahrenheit scale — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
  • falling sickness — epilepsy.
  • family allowance — a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age
  • feeblemindedness — Quality of being feeble-minded; weak intellect.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feline distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • fertile crescent — an agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq.
  • fertility clinic — a place at which a couple who are unable to conceive may receive medical advice and treatments to help them to have a child
  • feulgen reaction — a reaction in which an aldehyde combines with a modified Schiff's reagent to produce a purplish compound: used especially to test for the presence of DNA
  • field dependence — a psychological trait associated with having an external locus of orientation (contrasted with field independence).
  • fielding average — a measure of the fielding ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of put-outs and assists by the number of put-outs, assists, and errors and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with ten errors in 600 chances has a fielding average of .984.
  • file composition — A typesetting language.
  • file compression — (algorithm)   The compression of data in a file, usually to reduce storage requirements.
  • fill one's boots — to take or do as much of something as one wants
  • filter promotion — (algorithm)   In a generate and test algorithm, combining part of the filter with the generator in order to reduce the number of potential solutions generated. A trivial example: filter (< 100) [1..1000] ==> [1..99] where [1..n] generates the list of integers from 1 to n. Here the filter has been combined completely with the generator. This is an example of fusion.
  • find one's level — to find one's most suitable place socially, professionally, etc
  • finless porpoise — a porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides of the Indian and pacific Oceans that completely lacks a dorsal fin
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • firewall machine — (networking, security)   A dedicated gateway server with special security precautions on it, used to service external connections (typically from the public Internet). The firewall machine protects servers and networks hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no critical data, with public network ports on it, but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. The type of network and security environment of a firewall machine is often called a De-Militarised Zone (DMZ). It may contain other servers such as e-mail servers or proxy gateways - machines that need to be publicly accessible but also need some access to internal systems. Also known as a (Venus) flytrap after the insect-eating plant.
  • first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
  • flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
  • flight attendant — an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
  • florencio varela — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • flower arranging — Flower arranging is the art or hobby of arranging cut flowers in a way which makes them look attractive.
  • flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
  • flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
  • flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
  • flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.
  • food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
  • foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
  • foreign national — citizen of another country
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-minute mile — a mile-long race run in four minutes or less
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