13-letter words containing f, e, i, s
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
- duff's device — The most dramatic use yet seen of fall through in C, invented by Tom Duff when he was at Lucasfilm. Trying to bum all the instructions he could out of an inner loop that copied data serially onto an output port, he decided to unroll it. He then realised that the unrolled version could be implemented by *interlacing* the structures of a switch and a loop: register n = (count + 7) / 8; /* count > 0 assumed */ switch (count % 8) { case 0: do { *to = *from++; case 7: *to = *from++; case 6: *to = *from++; case 5: *to = *from++; case 4: *to = *from++; case 3: *to = *from++; case 2: *to = *from++; case 1: *to = *from++; } while (--n > 0); } Shocking though it appears to all who encounter it for the first time, the device is actually perfectly valid, legal C. C's default fall through in case statements has long been its most controversial single feature; Duff observed that "This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against."
- dumfriesshire — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
- effectiveness — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- effectivities — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- efficientness — The quality of being efficient; efficiency.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- express rifle — a high-velocity hunting rifle for big game shooting
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- faithlessness — The quality of being faithless.
- fallibilities — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
- false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- family jewels — a man's genitals
- family values — belief in traditional family unit
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- fashion house — an establishment in which fashionable clothes are designed, made, and sold
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fashion sense — instinct for what is stylish
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
- favrile glass — a type of iridescent glass developed by L.C. Tiffany
- feasibilities — Plural form of feasibility.
- featherbrains — Plural form of featherbrain.
- featherstitch — an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
- febrifacients — Plural form of febrifacient.
- fee-splitting — the practice of dividing a fee for professional services between two professional persons, as between a referring doctor and a specialist, without the knowledge of the client.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.