19-letter words containing e, n, s
- english toy spaniel — breed of dog
- equal opportunities — Equal opportunities refers to the policy of giving everyone the same opportunities for employment, pay and promotion, without discriminating against particular groups.
- error-based testing — (programming) Testing where information about programming style, error-prone language constructs, and other programming knowledge is applied to select test data capable of detecting faults, either a specified class of faults or all possible faults.
- essence of bergamot — a fragrant essential oil from the fruit rind of this plant, used in perfumery and some teas (including Earl Grey)
- european commission — the executive body of the European Union formed in 1967, which initiates action in the EU and mediates between member governments
- evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
- exclusion principle — Pauli exclusion principle
- executive president — a president in certain systems of government who possesses wide powers
- exhibitionistically — In an exhibitionistic manner.
- expressionistically — In an expressionistic manner.
- extensible database — (database) A DBMS that allows access to data from remote sources as if the remote data were part of the database.
- false consciousness — a Marxist theory that people are unable to see things, especially exploitation, oppression, and social relations, as they really are; the hypothesized inability of the human mind to develop a sophisticated awareness of how it is developed and shaped by circumstances.
- farnesyltransferase — One of the three enzymes in the prenyltransferase group, believed to play an important role in development of progeria and various cancers.
- fault tree analysis — (programming) A form of safety analysis that assesses hardware safety to provide failure statistics and sensitivity analyses that indicate the possible effect of critical failures.
- fault-based testing — (testing) Software testing using test data designed to demonstrate the absence of a set of pre-specified faults; typically, frequently occurring faults. For example, to demonstrate that the software handles or avoids divide by zero correctly, the test data would include zero.
- feast of dedication — Hanukkah.
- feast one's eyes on — to look at with pleasure or admiration
- feel (like) oneself — to feel normally healthy, fit, etc.
- feel in one's bones — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
- fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
- female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
- female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
- fight to the finish — A fight to the finish is one in which one of the people or groups fighting is killed or completely defeated.
- financial statement — a document that records the financial activities and state of an organization or person
- finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
- finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
- first international — a socialistic organization (1864–76) formed to unite and promote the interests of workers throughout the world. Compare international (def 6).
- first person plural — a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself together with others
- first-sale doctrine — a legal principle allowing the purchaser of a lawfully made copy of a copyright-protected work to sell or give away that copy without permission but not to reproduce it.
- fix someone's wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- fixed cost contract — a contract in which the costs do not vary
- flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
- floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
- flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
- focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
- focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
- foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
- forensic accountant — an accountant who specializes in applying accountancy skills to the purposes of the law
- forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
- foundation subjects — the subjects studied as part of the National Curriculum, including the compulsory core subjects
- four eyes principle — the requirement that a business transaction be approved by at least two individuals
- fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
- frameshift mutation — a mutation caused by frameshift.
- francesca da rimini — Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- fraternal insurance — insurance underwritten by a fraternal society, under either a legal reserve plan or an assessment plan.
- free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
- free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
- front-end processor — a small computer or other dedicated device that performs preliminary processing of data for a host computer.
- front-fastening bra — a bra which is fastened together at the front of the body