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17-letter words containing f, a, n, s

  • infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
  • infralapsarianism — the doctrine, held by Augustinians and by many Calvinists, that God planned the Creation, permitted the Fall, elected a chosen number, planned their redemption, and suffered the remainder to be eternally punished (opposed to supralapsarianism).
  • intensive farming — battery rearing of animals
  • interconfessional — common to or occurring between churches having different confessions.
  • interfenestration — a space between two windows.
  • interprofessional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • intraspecifically — Between individuals of the same species.
  • isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
  • isthmus of panama — an isthmus linking North and South America, between the Pacific and the Caribbean. Length: 676 km (420 miles). Width (at its narrowest point): 50 km (31 miles)
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • job specification — a detailed description of the qualifications, skills, and experience required for a particular post of employment
  • john of lancaster — Duke of Bedford, 1389–1435, Bedford, John of Lancaster, Duke of.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • language transfer — transfer (def 20).
  • laplace transform — a map of a function, as a signal, defined especially for positive real values, as time greater than zero, into another domain where the function is represented as a sum of exponentials.
  • last-in first-out — stack
  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • least fixed point — (mathematics)   A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
  • line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
  • loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • make sense of sth — When you make sense of something, you succeed in understanding it.
  • make something of — to find a use for
  • man's best friend — a dog, especially as a pet.
  • manganese sulfate — a pink, water-soluble, usually tetrahydrate salt, MnSO 4 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly in fertilizers, paints, and varnishes.
  • manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
  • mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
  • master of science — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the natural sciences, mathematics, or technology.
  • maurice of nassau — Prince of Orange 1567-1625; Du. statesman & military leader
  • metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
  • methyltransferase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of methyl groups from one molecule to another.
  • mexican stand-off — A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first.
  • minister of state — (in the British Parliament) a minister, usually below cabinet rank, appointed to assist a senior minister with heavy responsibilities
  • misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
  • mode of transport — means of travel
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
  • negative transfer — the obstruction of or interference with new learning because of previous learning, as when a U.S. tourist in England learns to drive on the left side of the road.
  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • new lease on life — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
  • not one's idea of — not what one regards as (hard work, a holiday, etc)
  • not spare oneself — to exert oneself to the full
  • odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
  • odour of sanctity — sanctimoniousness
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