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14-letter words containing f, e, o, s

  • field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • file extension — filename extension
  • file separator — (character)   (FS) ASCII character 28.
  • filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
  • finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
  • finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
  • fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
  • first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
  • flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flavorlessness — The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
  • flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • flood defences — structures such as dams, artificial channels, etc, built to protect an area from flooding
  • floor exercise — a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.
  • floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • flotsam-jetsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
  • flowering moss — pyxie.
  • flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • folies bergere — a Parisian music hall founded in 1869 and noted for the lavish spectacle and mildly risqué content of its entertainments.
  • follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
  • food processor — an electric appliance with interchangeable blades within a closed container into which food is inserted for slicing, shredding, mincing, chopping, puréeing, or otherwise processing at high speeds.
  • fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
  • for god's sake — Some people use expressions such as for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence.
  • for one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • for the use of — If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.
  • foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
  • foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
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