16-letter words containing f, a, i, r, s, e
- firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
- first derivative — the derivative of a function: Velocity is the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
- first generation — 1. (architecture) first generation computer. 2. (language) first generation language.
- first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
- first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
- fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
- fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
- fisherman's ring — the signet ring worn by the pope.
- 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
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
- forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
- four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
- four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
- 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.
- fraises des bois — wild strawberries
- 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.
- 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
- frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
- 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.
- 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.
- friendly islands — Tonga
- ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
- garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
- go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
- harvest festival — religious celebration of crops gathered
- harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
- homme d'affaires — a businessman.
- horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- in--one-s--favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- information desk — helpdesk, information point
- insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
- interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
- intestinal flora — microorganisms that normally inhabit the lumen of the intestinal tract
- inverse graffiti — a form of street art in which a dirty wall or pavement has a template placed against it and is scrubbed until the surface is clean. This reveals an image or message which gradually fades with time.
- irish free state — former name of the Republic of Ireland.
- irrefragableness — The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.