13-letter words containing f, e, t, o
- foster father — a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child.
- foster mother — a woman who takes the place of a mother in raising a child.
- foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.
- foster sister — a girl brought up with another child of different parents.
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- free electron — an electron that is not attached to an atom or molecule and is free to respond to outside forces.
- free software — (software) Software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies free software must be available as source code, hence "free open source software" - "FOSS". It is usually also free of charge, though anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use. The widespread acceptance of this definition and free software itself owes a great deal to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. There are many other kinds of "free software" in the sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- friction feed — (printer) A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- frozen assets — business assets that are not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- full throttle — used in the phrase at full throttle, at full speed or with great intensity
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalize — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- funemployment — the condition of a person who enjoys being out of work
- futtock plate — a metal plate placed perpendicular to the top of a ship's lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- geoscientific — relating to geoscience