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14-letter words containing f, a, n, i, o

  • springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
  • total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
  • transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
  • transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
  • transfusionist — a medical professional who transfuses blood into someone
  • truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
  • trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
  • unaffectionate — showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender: an affectionate embrace.
  • underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
  • uniformitarian — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
  • uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
  • union of burma — former official name of Burma.
  • unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • unsatisfaction — lack of satisfaction
  • unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
  • vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes
  • vienna fortran — A data-parallel extension of Fortran 77 for distributed memory multiprocessors by Hans Zima <[email protected]>, Vienna University.
  • vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
  • water fountain — a drinking fountain, water cooler, or other apparatus supplying drinking water.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots
  • yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
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