14-letter words containing f, a, s
- balsam of peru — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
- balsam of tolu — tolu
- banker's draft — A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft.
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- baranof island — an island off SE Alaska, in the western part of the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 4162 sq km (1607 sq miles)
- barium sulfate — an odorless, tasteless, white powder, BaSO4, insoluble in water: it is used as a paint pigment, as a filler for paper, textiles , etc., and as an opaque substance that is ingested to aid in making diagnostic X-rays of the stomach and intestine
- barium sulfide — a gray or yellowish-green, water-soluble, poisonous powder, BaS, used chiefly as a depilatory and as an intermediate in the synthesis of pigments, especially lithopone.
- barrel shifter — (hardware) A hardware device that can shift or rotate a data word by any number of bits in a single operation. It is implemented like a multiplexor, each output can be connected to any input depending on the shift distance.
- basket-of-gold — a yellow-flowered perennial plant (Alyssum saxatile, now more properly Aurinia saxatilis) of the crucifer family, often used in rock gardens
- basso profundo — (esp in operatic solo singing) a singer with a very deep bass voice
- battle of wits — If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.
- beaufort scale — an international scale of wind velocities ranging for practical purposes from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force). In the US an extension of the scale, from 13 to 17 for winds over 64 knots, is used
- beneficialness — the state of being beneficial
- betake oneself — to go; move
- betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
- bezier surface — (graphics) A surface defined by mathematical formulae, used in computer graphics. A surface P(u, v), where u and v vary orthogonally from 0 to 1 from one edge of the surface to the other, is defined by a set of (n+1)*(m+1) "control points" (X(i, j), Y(i, j), Z(i, j)) for i = 0 to n, j = 0 to m.
- binary fission — asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms by division into two daughter cells
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- blanket finish — a finish so close that a blanket would cover all the contestants involved
- blow off steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- blue-arsed fly — a blowfly; bluebottle
- bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
- bradford score — a measure of the amount of time during which an employee is absent from work, based on assigning a number of points according to the frequency and length of absences
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- brass farthing — something of little or no value
- break of serve — the act or instance of breaking an opponent's service
- breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
- breakfast food — any prepared cereal for breakfast
- breakfast room — a room set aside for serving and eating breakfast, esp in a hotel or guesthouse
- breakfast show — a radio or television broadcast that airs around breakfast time
- breakfast time — Breakfast time is the period of the morning when most people have their breakfast.
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
- careers office — a room or building in which vocational advice can be obtained from a Careers Officer and which often also has books, leaflets, etc on careers
- carousel fraud — the practice of importing goods from a country where they are not subject to VAT, selling them with VAT added, then deliberately not paying the VAT to the government
- case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
- centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
- certifications — Plural form of certification.
- channel surfer — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- chapel of ease — a church built to accommodate those living at a distance from the parish church
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- chief of staff — The Chiefs of Staff are the most senior officers in each service of the armed forces.
- chief of state — the titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
- chippewa falls — a city in W Wisconsin.
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes