19-letter words containing f, a

forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
fortification agate — an agate, used as a gem, having polygonal banding such that it suggests the plan of a bastion.
forward engineering — (process) The traditional process of moving from high-level abstractions and logical, implementation-independent designs to the physical implementation of a system. Contrast reverse engineering.
forward integration — the acquisition of all or part of a distribution chain by a firm that sells the goods distributed, so that the firm becomes or become closer to the direct seller of the goods
foundation subjects — the subjects studied as part of the National Curriculum, including the compulsory core subjects
four-o'clock family — the plant family Nyctaginaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having colored, petallike bracts beneath petalless flowers and winged or grooved dry fruit, and including the bougainvillea and four-o'clock.
fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
fractional currency — coins or paper money of a smaller denomination than the basic monetary unit.
frameshift mutation — a mutation caused by frameshift.
framework agreement — an agreement that sets the limits and scope for further negotiation, discussion, etc
francesca da rimini — Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
franco-prussian war — the war between France and Prussia, 1870–71.
fraternal insurance — insurance underwritten by a fraternal society, under either a legal reserve plan or an assessment plan.
frederick the great — Frederick I (def 2).
frederick william i — 1688–1740, king of Prussia 1713–40.
free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
freedom of the seas — the doctrine that ships of neutral countries may sail anywhere on the high seas without interference by warring powers.
freeze-frame button — a control button on a remote control device, used to stop a moving image to view it as a still
freezer compartment — in a refrigerator, an enclosed area kept at a temperature low enough to store frozen foods or freeze non-frozen foods
french north africa — the former French possessions of Algeria, French Morocco, and Tunisia
frill-necked lizard — a large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi, having an erectile fold of skin around the neck: family Agamidae (agamas)
from pillar to post — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
front-end financing — money or costs required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
front-fastening bra — a bra which is fastened together at the front of the body
full-wave rectifier — a rectifier that transmits both halves of a cycle of alternating current as a direct current.
functional analysis — the branch of mathematics that deals with the theory of vector spaces and linear functionals.
functional calculus — the branch of symbolic logic that includes the sentential calculus and that deals with sentential functions and quantifiers and with logical relations between sentences containing quantifiers.
functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
functional database — (database, language) A database which uses a functional language as its query language. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a purely functional language would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically scalable, the update mechanism must clearly be destructive rather than functional; however it is quite feasible for the query language to be purely functional so long as the database is considered as an argument. One approach to the update problem would use a monad to encapsulate database access and ensure it was single threaded. Alternative approaches have been suggested by Trinder, who suggests non-destructive updating with shared data structures, and Sutton who uses a variant of a Phil Wadler's linear type system. There are two main classes of functional database languages. The first is based upon Backus' FP language, of which FQL is probably the best known example. Adaplan is a more recent language which falls into this category. More recently, people have been working on languages which are syntactically very similar to modern functional programming languages, but which also provide all of the features of a database language, e.g. bulk data structures which can be incrementally updated, type systems which can be incrementally updated, and all data persisting in a database. Examples are PFL [Poulovassilis&Small, VLDB-91], and Machiavelli [Ohori et al, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 1998].
functional language — (language) A language that supports and encourages functional programming.
functional medicine — individualized medical care that recognizes the interactions between genetic and environmental factors and between the body's interconnected systems.
future date testing — (testing) The process of setting a computer's date to a future date to test a program's (expected or unexpected) date sensitivity. Future date testing only shows the effects of dates on the computer(s) under scrutiny, it does not take into account knock-on effects of dates on other connected systems.
general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
general post office — (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
gentile da fabriano — 1370?–1427, Italian painter.
geraldton waxflower — an evergreen shrub, Chamelaucium uncinatum, native to W Australia, cultivated for its pale pink flowers
get the hang of sth — If you get the hang of something such as a skill or activity, you begin to understand or realize how to do it.
giovanni da fiesole — Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
go off at a tangent — If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
go off at half-cock — to fail as a result of inadequate preparation or premature starting
go off on a tangent — If someone goes off on a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
good (or bad) form — conduct in (or not in) accord with social custom
grandfather's chair — wing chair.
grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.

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