13-letter words containing f, a, i, t, o
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
- floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- floccillation — a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
- floristically — In a floristic manner.
- fluctuational — Of, pertaining to, or resulting from fluctuation(s).
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- fonctionnaire — a civil servant
- fondant icing — icing made from fondant
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- food additive — additive (def 4).
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fort victoria — a former name of Masvingo.
- fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
- fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fractionation — the act or process of fractionating.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.