14-letter words containing f, e, i, s, t, n
- frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- heat of fusion — the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification.
- immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
- in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
- indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- indifferentism — systematic indifference.
- indifferentist — An advocate of indifferentism.
- infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- infinitesimals — Plural form of infinitesimal.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflectionless — Without inflection.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- intestinal flu — influenza with abdominal symptoms, as diarrhea or vomiting.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
- misidentifying — Present participle of misidentify.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
- nine-to-fivers — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- non-infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.