13-letter words containing f, a, n, m
- demanufacture — A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- familiarising — Present participle of familiarise.
- familiarizing — Present participle of familiarize.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
- fellow inmate — sb in same prison
- female condom — a type of condom used by women and inserted into the vagina
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- fermentations — Plural form of fermentation.
- ferrimagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments.
- ferroaluminum — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent aluminum.
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- ferrotitanium — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent titanium.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- filamentation — The growth of filaments.
- firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- first baseman — the player whose position is first base.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
- five-and-dime — a shop that sells a wide variety of things at a cheap price
- flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flaminian way — an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
- flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
- floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- foramen ovale — the small, oval opening in the wall that separates the atria of the heart in a normal fetus: it allows blood to bypass the nonfunctioning fetal lungs until the time of birth when it gradually closes up
- foraminiferal — Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous.
- foraminiferan — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- forgotten man — a person no longer in the mind of the general public.
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.