17-letter words containing f, e, r, o

for ever and ever — for eternity
for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
for love or money — If you cannot or will not do something for love or money, you are completely unable to do it or you do not intend to do it.
for the most 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.
forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
forcing frequency — the frequency of an oscillating force applied to a system
fore-and-aft sail — any of various sails, as jib-headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore-and-aft direction amidships.
foreign relations — (used with a singular verb) the field of foreign affairs: an expert in foreign relations.
foreign secretary — foreign minister.
forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
forensic medicine — the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.
forest enterprise — a British government department responsible for maintaining and expanding forests
forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
fort leonard wood — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SW Missouri, SW of Rolla.
fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
foundation course — A foundation course is a course that you do at some colleges and universities in order to prepare yourself for a longer or more advanced course.
fouquier-tinville — Antoine Quentin [ahn-twan kahn-tan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.
four on the floor — a four-speed manual transmission having the gearshift set into the floor.
four-eyed opossum — a small opossum, Metachirops (Philander) opossum, ranging from Mexico to Brazil, having a white spot above each eye.
four-letter words — any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
four-on-the-floor — a four-speed manual transmission having the gearshift set into the floor.
four-rowed barley — a class of barley having, in each spike, six rows of grain, with two pairs of rows overlapping.
four-star general — high-ranking military officer
four-stroke cycle — A four-stroke cycle is the cycle of engine operation which requires four strokes of the piston: for induction, compression, ignition, and exhaust.
fourfold purchase — a tackle that is composed of a rope passed through two fourfold blocks in such a way as to provide mechanical power in the ratio of 1 to 5 or 1 to 4, depending on whether hauling is done on the running or the standing block and without considering friction. Compare tackle (def 2).
fourier transform — a mapping of a function, as a signal, that is defined in one domain, as space or time, into another domain, as wavelength or frequency, where the function is represented in terms of sines and cosines.
fractal dimension — (mathematics) A common type of fractal dimension is the Hausdorff-Besicovich Dimension, but there are several different ways of computing fractal dimension. Fractal dimension can be calculated by taking the limit of the quotient of the log change in object size and the log change in measurement scale, as the measurement scale approaches zero. The differences come in what is exactly meant by "object size" and what is meant by "measurement scale" and how to get an average number out of many different parts of a geometrical object. Fractal dimensions quantify the static *geometry* of an object. For example, consider a straight line. Now blow up the line by a factor of two. The line is now twice as long as before. Log 2 / Log 2 = 1, corresponding to dimension 1. Consider a square. Now blow up the square by a factor of two. The square is now 4 times as large as before (i.e. 4 original squares can be placed on the original square). Log 4 / log 2 = 2, corresponding to dimension 2 for the square. Consider a snowflake curve formed by repeatedly replacing ___ with _/\_, where each of the 4 new lines is 1/3 the length of the old line. Blowing up the snowflake curve by a factor of 3 results in a snowflake curve 4 times as large (one of the old snowflake curves can be placed on each of the 4 segments _/\_). Log 4 / log 3 = 1.261... Since the dimension 1.261 is larger than the dimension 1 of the lines making up the curve, the snowflake curve is a fractal. [sci.fractals FAQ].
frames per second — (unit) (fps) The unit of measurement of the frame rate of a moving image.
frankenstein food — any foodstuff that has been genetically modified
fraternal society — a club or other association, usually of men, having a limited membership and devoted to professional, religious, charitable, or social activities.
frederick pollock — Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.
free-body diagram — A free-body diagram is a diagram of a structure in which all supports are replaced by forces.
freedom of speech — the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference, subject to the laws against libel, incitement to violence or rebellion, etc.
freewill offering — a voluntary religious contribution made in addition to what may be expected or required.
freezer container — a rigid plastic container used to hold food that is to be frozen
freight forwarder — a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
frequency polygon — a frequency curve consisting of connected line segments formed by joining the midpoints of the upper edges of the rectangles in a histogram whose class intervals are of uniform length.
friend of dorothy — a male homosexual
from head to foot — all over one's body
from pole to pole — throughout the entire world
from side to side — movement: back and forth
from the rooftops — If you shout something from the rooftops, you say it or announce it in a very public way.
from time to time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
front-end payment — a payment required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
front-line player — a regular player on a sports team or one who plays in the farthest forward position
front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.

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