21-letter words containing f, e, d, o, n

flip someone the bird — give someone the finger (see phrase under finger)
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
foot-in-mouth disease — the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements.
foreground processing — a type of processing that supports interaction between interactive and batch operations
foreign correspondent — a correspondent, as for a periodical, assigned to send back articles and news dispatches from a foreign country for publication.
forward exchange rate — the exchange rate of a currency to be delivered at a later date
fragmentation grenade — a grenade with a heavy metal casing that shatters, on exploding, into fragments that travel at high speed and with great force.
frankfort on the oder — a city in NE Germany, on the Oder River.
fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
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
freedom of expression — the unrestrained right to voice ideas, opinions, etc
french fried potatoes — a more formal name for chips
from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
functional dependency — (database) Given a relation R (in a relational database), attribute Y of R is functionally dependent on attribute X of R and X of R functionally determines Y of R (in symbols R.X -> R.Y) if and only if each X in R has associated with it precisely one Y in R (at any one time). Attributes X and Y may be composite. This is very close to a function in the mathematical sense.
game of cat and mouse — In a fight or contest, if one person plays cat and mouse, or a game of cat and mouse, with the other, the first person tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them.
garden of remembrance — an area of land containing cultivated plants, trees, etc, to commemorate the dead
gentleman of the road — a highwayman.
ground-effect machine — ACV (def 2).
have one's hands full — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
have the advantage of — benefit from: sth extra
higher-order function — (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g. map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function.
hildegard (of bingen) — Saint(1098-1179); Ger. nun, composer, & mystic: her day is Sept. 17
horns and halo effect — a tendency to allow one's judgement of another person, esp in a job interview, to be unduly influenced by an unfavourable (horns) or favourable (halo) first impression based on appearances
identification papers — documents that serve to establish someone's identity
identification parade — a group of persons including one suspected of having committed a crime assembled for the purpose of discovering whether a witness can identify the suspect
illinois bundleflower — a warm-season perennial, Desmanthus illinoensis, having small brown legumes and fernlike leaves, native to North American prairies, glades, and pastures.
in (or out of) order — in (or not in) proper sequence or position
in a state of undress — If someone is in a state of undress, they do not have all their clothes on.
lafcadio's adventures — French Les Caves du Vatican. a novel (1914) by André Gide.
law of thermodynamics — any of three principles variously stated in equivalent forms, being the principle that the change of energy of a thermodynamic system is equal to the heat transferred minus the work done (first law of thermodynamics) the principle that no cyclic process is possible in which heat is absorbed from a reservoir at a single temperature and converted completely into mechanical work (second law of thermodynamics) and the principle that it is impossible to reduce the temperature of a system to absolute zero in a finite number of operations (third law of thermodynamics)
lender of last resort — the central bank of a country with authority for controlling its banking system
lost in the underflow — (jargon) Too small to be worth considering; more specifically, small beyond the limits of accuracy or measurement. This is a reference to "floating point underflow". The Hacker's Jargon File claimed that it is also a pun on "undertow" (a kind of fast, cold current that sometimes runs just offshore and can be dangerous to swimmers). "Well, sure, photon pressure from the stadium lights alters the path of a thrown baseball, but that effect gets lost in the underflow". Compare epsilon, epsilon squared; see also overflow bit.
luminous flux density — luminous flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
made of sterner stuff — If you say that someone is made of sterner stuff, you mean that they have a strong personality and are capable of overcoming difficulties and problems.
magnetofluid dynamics — magnetohydrodynamics.
member of the wedding — a novel (1946) and play (1950) by Carson McCullers.
muon-catalysed fusion — an experimental form of nuclear fusion in which hydrogen and deuterium muonic atoms are formed. Because the mass of the muon is much larger than that of the electron, the atoms are smaller, and the nuclei are close enough for fusion to occur
nominative of address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
of time and the river — a novel (1935) by Thomas Wolfe.
pathfinder prospectus — a prospectus regarding the flotation of a new company that contains only sufficient details to test the market reaction
performance indicator — a quantitative or qualitative measurement, or any other criterion, by which the performance, efficiency, achievement, etc of a person or organization can be assessed, often by comparison with an agreed standard or target
piero della francesca — Piero della [pee-air-oh del-uh;; Italian pye-raw del-lah] /piˈɛər oʊ ˈdɛl ə;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ ˈdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), (Piero dei Franceschi) c1420–92, Italian painter.
prefect of discipline — a senior master in a Jesuit school or college
pseudo-cleft sentence — cleft sentence (def 2).
purple-fringed orchid — either of two orchids, Habenaria fimbriata or H. psycodes, of eastern North America, having a cluster of fragrant purple flowers with a fringed lip.
purple-fringed orchis — either of two North American orchids (Habenaria psycodes and H. fimbriata) with purple-fringed flowers
radius of convergence — a positive number so related to a given power series that the power series converges for every number whose absolute value is less than this particular number.
record of achievement — a statement of the personal and educational development of each pupil
road traffic accident — an accident involving vehicles

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