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16-letter words containing e, n, f, r

  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • formation packer — A formation packer is a substance that is used as a seal between the casing and the borehole so that part of the hole can be tested.
  • formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
  • forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
  • fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
  • fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
  • forward exchange — a foreign bill purchased at a stipulated price and payable at a future date.
  • forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
  • founders' shares — shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges
  • 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
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • francesco sforza — Count Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1952, Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
  • franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
  • francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
  • francis of sales — Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • franco-provencal — a Romance dialect group of western Switzerland and neighboring parts of France: closely related to both Provençal and northern French.
  • franking machine — a machine that franks letters
  • franz josef land — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
  • fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
  • free association — the uncensored expression of the ideas, impressions, etc., passing through the mind of the analysand, a technique used to facilitate access to the unconscious.
  • free enterpriser — a person who practices or advocates free enterprise.
  • freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
  • freezing drizzle — drizzle that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze or rime upon contact with the ground.
  • freezing mixture — a mixture of two substances, usually salt and ice, to give a temperature below 0°C
  • freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
  • french cameroons — Cameroun (def 2).
  • french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
  • french directory — the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
  • french ice cream — a type of ice cream in which an egg and cream mixture is cooked to a light custard before being frozen.
  • french indochina — an area in SE Asia, formerly a French colonial federation including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan: now comprising the three independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi.
  • french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
  • french telephone — handset (def 1).
  • friction gearing — wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact.
  • friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
  • friedrich engels — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
  • friendly islands — Tonga
  • friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
  • fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
  • from one's heart — very sincerely or deeply
  • front and center — If a topic or question is front and center, a lot of attention is being paid to it or a lot of people are talking about it.
  • front projection — a display system that projects an enlarged television picture on the front surface of a reflective screen.
  • front-end loader — a loader having a shovel or bucket at the end of an articulated arm located at the front of the vehicle.
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
  • ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
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