14-letter words containing f, a, i, t
- autoconfiscate — (software, jargon) A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- backside-front — backend-to.
- bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- barium sulfate — an odorless, tasteless, white powder, BaSO4, insoluble in water: it is used as a paint pigment, as a filler for paper, textiles , etc., and as an opaque substance that is ingested to aid in making diagnostic X-rays of the stomach and intestine
- barrel shifter — (hardware) A hardware device that can shift or rotate a data word by any number of bits in a single operation. It is implemented like a multiplexor, each output can be connected to any input depending on the shift distance.
- battle fatigue — Battle fatigue is a mental condition of anxiety and depression caused by the stress of fighting in a war.
- battle of wits — If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.
- beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
- bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
- binding rafter — a timber for supporting rafters between their extremities, as a purlin.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- blanket finish — a finish so close that a blanket would cover all the contestants involved
- block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
- body beautiful — a beautiful body
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- brass farthing — something of little or no value
- breakfast time — Breakfast time is the period of the morning when most people have their breakfast.
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- cache conflict — (storage) A sequence of accesses to memory repeatedly overwriting the same cache entry. This can happen if two blocks of data, which are mapped to the same set of cache locations, are needed simultaneously. For example, in the case of a direct mapped cache, if arrays A, B, and C map to the same range of cache locations, thrashing will occur when the following loop is executed: See also ping-pong.
- café macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- cafeteria plan — a fringe-benefit plan under which employees may choose from among various benefits those that best fit their needs, up to a specified dollar value.
- calorification — the production of heat
- caltrop family — the plant family Zygophyllaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having pinnate leaves, solitary or paired regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the creosote bush, lignum vitae, and puncture vine.
- capital inflow — In economics, capital inflow is the amount of capital coming into a country, for example in the form of foreign investment.
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- central office — (communications) The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
- centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- certifications — Plural form of certification.
- certified mail — If you send a letter or package by certified mail, you send it using a mail service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been mailed and delivered.
- charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
- chief of staff — The Chiefs of Staff are the most senior officers in each service of the armed forces.
- chief of state — the titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
- classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
- classificatory — the act of classifying.
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable