14-letter words containing e, n, f, o, d
- do the needful — to perform a necessary task
- do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
- dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
- door furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
- 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.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
- feeding ground — The feeding ground of a group of animals or birds, is the place where they find food and eat.
- fellow student — sb studying at same institution
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
- field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
- find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
- finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
- first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
- flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- flood defences — structures such as dams, artificial channels, etc, built to protect an area from flooding
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
- food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- 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.
- forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- fore-and-after — Nautical. a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig. a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway. a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
- foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
- forest of dean — a royal forest in Gloucestershire, in W England. About 180 sq. mi. (475 sq. km).
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
- founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.