14-letter words containing f, a, n, t, o, d
- foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
- food rationing — the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- fore-and-after — Nautical. a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig. a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway. a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.
- foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
- forest of dean — a royal forest in Gloucestershire, in W England. About 180 sq. mi. (475 sq. km).
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- foundation day — former name of Australia Day.
- foundationally — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- good afternoon — greeting
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- height of land — a watershed
- humidification — to make humid.
- identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
- main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
- stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.