13-letter words containing f, e, i, n, s, c
- fin de siecle — the end of the 19th century.
- fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreconscious — the preconscious.
- 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.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- geoscientific — relating to geoscience
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- in one's face — directly opposite or against one
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- indifferences — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
- infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
- insufficience — Obsolete form of insufficiency.
- insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
- interferences — Plural form of interference.
- interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- life instinct — suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
- life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
- lines of code — (programming, unit) (LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC; or one can characterise a week's progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- match fitness — the condition of being match-fit
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- mis-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.