15-letter words containing f, a, n, t, o, d
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
- fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
- fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
- football ground — an area of land where football games are played
- forest of arden — a region of N Warwickshire, part of a former forest: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It
- formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
- formation fluid — Formation fluid is fluid in the pores (=tiny holes) of a rock.
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- founding father — The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it.
- fraternal order — men's organization
- free-trade zone — foreign-trade zone. free port (def 1). Abbreviation: FTZ.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
- functional food — a food containing additives which provide extra nutritional value
- functional load — the relative frequency of occurrence of words that are differentiated in one and the same position by only one distinctive feature. In English, the opposition of voiced and voiceless th has a low functional load being used only to distinguish such pairs as ether and either, or wreath and wreathe.
- get any good of — to handle to good effect
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
- half-understood — partially understood
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- in the hands of — under the control of
- indemnification — the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
- inflation rider — An inflation rider is a rider that can be added to a long-term care insurance plan that adjusts the benefits over time to allow for inflation.
- intake manifold — a collection of tubes through which the fuel-air mixture flows from the carburetor or fuel injector to the intake valves of the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine.
- irvine dataflow — (language) (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
- law of identity — the law that any proposition implies itself.
- lay of the land — the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- nest of drawers — a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- non-fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
- pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- pro-confederate — united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- refined fortran — (RF) Similar to Refined C. Research implementations only. "Refined Fortran: Another Sequential Language for Parallel Programming," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1986 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.184-191.
- repeat offender — A repeat offender is someone who commits the same sort of crime more than once.
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- saffron strands — the dried stigmas of the saffron, which are then crushed into powder to flavour or colour food
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.