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14-letter words containing f, e, r, n, d

  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
  • fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
  • free and clear — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • freehandedness — The quality or state of being freehanded.
  • french academy — an association of 40 scholars and men and women of letters, established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and devoted chiefly to preserving the purity of the French language and establishing standards of proper usage.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • frenkel defect — a crystal defect in which a lattice ion has moved to an interstitial position leaving a vacant lattice site
  • frequency band — band2 (def 9).
  • freshness date — the last date, usually specified on the label or packaging, that a food, as bread, is considered fresh, although it may be sold, ordinarily at reduced prices, or eaten after that date.
  • friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
  • friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
  • friendlessness — The state or condition of being friendless; lack of friends.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
  • 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.
  • front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
  • frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
  • frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
  • garden of eden — Eden1
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • good afternoon — greeting
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • 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.
  • hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
  • indifferences' — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • indifferentism — systematic indifference.
  • indifferentist — An advocate of indifferentism.
  • indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
  • inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
  • interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
  • internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
  • juan fernandez — a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
  • light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
  • line of credit — credit line (def 2).
  • man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
  • managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
  • newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
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