14-letter words containing f, a, r, s
- fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- fraternisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fraternization.
- fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
- free as a bird — really free
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- free-associate — to engage in free association.
- freehandedness — The quality or state of being freehanded.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- freshness date — the last date, usually specified on the label or packaging, that a food, as bread, is considered fresh, although it may be sold, ordinarily at reduced prices, or eaten after that date.
- freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
- friar's balsam — a compound containing benzoin, mixed with hot water, and used as an inhalant to relieve colds and sore throats
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- 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.
- fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- 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.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- harper's ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- heart of stone — lack of compassion
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- infralapsarian — a person who believes in infralapsarianism.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.