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13-letter words containing f, a, t, e, n, s

  • fast ethernet — (networking)   A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. The relevant standards are 100BaseT, 100BaseFX and 100BaseVG.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fat electrons — (electronics, humour)   Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
  • fatheadedness — The quality of being fatheaded.
  • fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
  • faultlessness — The quality of being faultless; the absence of faults.
  • featherbrains — Plural form of featherbrain.
  • febrifacients — Plural form of febrifacient.
  • felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
  • fermentations — Plural form of fermentation.
  • fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
  • festina lente — hasten slowly
  • fetishization — The act or process of fetishizing.
  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • fictionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize.
  • file transfer — (networking)   Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
  • final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
  • fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour)   A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
  • finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
  • first baseman — the player whose position is first base.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
  • forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • fortunateness — The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
  • foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.
  • fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
  • fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
  • fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
  • franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
  • french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
  • frozen assets — business assets that are not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
  • frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
  • frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
  • frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • gene transfer — Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.
  • general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
  • healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
  • heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
  • infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
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