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16-letter words containing f, e, i, s

  • figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
  • file composition — A typesetting language.
  • file compression — (algorithm)   The compression of data in a file, usually to reduce storage requirements.
  • fill one's boots — to take or do as much of something as one wants
  • filterable virus — a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus.
  • finance minister — a member of a government in charge of the financial affairs of a state etc
  • find one's level — to find one's most suitable place socially, professionally, etc
  • find one's voice — If someone finds their voice, they start to speak in spite of fear or surprise or difficult circumstances.
  • finger exercises — exercises that are intended to increase the flexibility and dexterity of a player's fingers
  • fingertip search — When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • finless porpoise — a porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides of the Indian and pacific Oceans that completely lacks a dorsal fin
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • first derivative — the derivative of a function: Velocity is the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
  • first generation — 1.   (architecture)   first generation computer. 2.   (language)   first generation language.
  • first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
  • first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
  • first-time buyer — someone who is buying his or her first house
  • fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
  • fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
  • fisherman's ring — the signet ring worn by the pope.
  • fishskin disease — ichthyosis
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
  • flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
  • flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
  • flibbertigibbets — Plural form of flibbertigibbet.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
  • football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
  • footsteps editor — the technician who adds sound effects, such as doors closing, rain falling, etc, during the postproduction sound-dubbing process
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • foreign minister — (in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called, especially British, foreign secretary. Compare secretary of state (def 1).
  • forensic science — the collection of several fields of science to the purposes of law
  • forinsec service — foreign service
  • foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • fraises des bois — wild strawberries
  • franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
  • francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
  • francis of sales — Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
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