13-letter words containing f, e, n, c, s
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- defervescence — the abatement of a fever
- defervescency — Alternative form of defervescence.
- deficientness — the state or quality of being deficient
- densification — the act of becoming or making more dense
- difficultness — The state or quality of being difficult.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- 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.
- effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
- effervescence — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
- efficientness — The quality of being efficient; efficiency.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- fat electrons — (electronics, humour) Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
- febrifacients — Plural form of febrifacient.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fencelessness — Lack of fences.
- ferociousness — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- festschriften — Plural form of festschrift.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fictionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize.
- film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
- 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.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- 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 pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.