21-letter words containing f, a, r

dumfries and galloway — a region in S Scotland. 2460 sq. mi. (6371 sq. km).
dwarf japanese quince — a low, shrubby, Japanese flowering quince, Chaenomeles japonica, of the rose family, having salmon-to-orange flowers and yellow fruit.
electromagnetic field — a field of force associated with a moving electric charge equivalent to an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation
ethics of the fathers — a treatise of the Mishnah that comprises six chapters and consists chiefly of proverbs, aphorisms, and principles of ethics, law, and religion.
faculty board meeting — a meeting of the governing body of a faculty
fall all over oneself — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
false memory syndrome — a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred.
false-memory syndrome — a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred.
federal reserve board — a U.S. federal banking system that is under the control of a central board of governors (Federal Reserve Board) with a central bank (Federal Reserve Bank) in each of 12 districts and that has wide powers in controlling credit and the flow of money as well as in performing other functions, as regulating and supervising its member banks.
feline leukemia virus — a retrovirus, mainly affecting cats, that depresses the immune system and leads to opportunistic infections, lymphosarcoma, and other disorders. Abbreviation: FeLV, FLV.
fermat's last theorem — the unproved theorem that the equation xn + yn = zn has no solution for x, y, z nonzero integers when n is greater than 2.
ferric sodium oxalate — an emerald-green, crystalline, extremely water-soluble salt, used in photography and blueprinting.
financial underwriter — A financial underwriter is an insurance employee working in financial underwriting.
first baron ashburton — Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
first consonant shift — the consonant shift described by Grimm's law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo-European languages.
first-dollar coverage — insurance that provides payment for the full loss up to the insured amount with no deductibles.
first-round financing — First round financing is the first time a new company raises money from investors.
flat-coated retriever — one of an English breed of large sporting dogs having a flat, dense, shiny black or liver-colored coat, small ears, and long jaws, used for retrieving game from both water and land.
flotation compartment — in a boat, an enclosed section filled with air or gas to give buoyancy
fluorophosphoric acid — any of three acids containing fluorine and phosphorus, HPF 6 , HPO 2 F 2 , or H 2 PO 3 F.
food conversion ratio — a ratio expressing the weight of food required to produce a unit gain in the live weight of an animal
food standards agency — the full form of FDA
foreign exchange rate — the rate that specifies how much the currency of a nation is worth in terms of the currency of another nation
forensic anthropology — the branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data, criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law.
fort lesley j. mcnair — a military reservation in SW Washington, D.C., on the Potomac River, SW of the Capitol.
forward compatibility — (jargon) The ability to accept input from later versions of itself. Forward compatibility is harder to achieve than backward compatibility, since, in the backward case, the input format is know whereas a forward compatible system needs to cope gracefully with unknown future features. An example of future compatibility is the stipulation that a web browser should ignore HTML tags it does not recognise. See also extensible.
forward exchange rate — the exchange rate of a currency to be delivered at a later date
fractional extraction — Fractional extraction is a process of extracting a liquid from a liquid, in which two solutes are separated, with one leaving in the extract and one in the raffinate.
fragmentation grenade — a grenade with a heavy metal casing that shatters, on exploding, into fragments that travel at high speed and with great force.
framing specification — A specification of the "protocol bits" that surround the "data bits" on a communications channel to allow the data to be "framed" into chunks, like start and stop bits in EIA-232. It allows a receiver to synchronize at points along the data stream.
franco-belgian system — French system.
frankfort on the main — a city in W central Germany, on the Main River.
frankfort on the oder — a city in NE Germany, on the Oder River.
fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
frederick william iii — 1770–1840, king of Prussia 1797–1840.
free alongside vessel — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
free-floating anxiety — chronic anxiety occurring for no identifiable cause
french and indian war — the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.
french fried potatoes — a more formal name for chips
frequent wash shampoo — a shampoo whose mildness allows it to be used frequently
friuli-venezia giulia — a region in NE Italy: formerly part of Venezia Giulia, most of which was ceded to Yugoslavia (now Croatia and Slovenia) in 1947. 2947 sq. mi. (7630 sq. km).
from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
full faith and credit — the obligation under Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
fuming sulphuric acid — a mixture of pyrosulphuric acid, H2S2O7, and other condensed acids, made by dissolving sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid
functional illiterate — a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.
functional imperative — a requirement for the survival of any social system, as communication, control of conflict, or socialization.
fundamental frequency — the lowest frequency at which a medium will freely oscillate.
garden of remembrance — an area of land containing cultivated plants, trees, etc, to commemorate the dead
general of the armies — a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.
gentleman of the road — a highwayman.

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