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13-letter words containing f, i, e, d, o

  • domino effect — the cumulative effect that results when one event precipitates a series of like events.
  • doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
  • driving force — impetus
  • 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.
  • end of medium — (character)   (EM) ASCII character 25.
  • factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
  • false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
  • faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
  • fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • ferrous oxide — a black powder, FeO, insoluble in water, soluble in acid.
  • ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
  • festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
  • feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
  • fiddle-footed — restlessly wandering.
  • field of fire — the area covered by a weapon or group of weapons firing from a given position.
  • field of view — field (def 13).
  • field officer — an officer holding a field grade.
  • field servoid — (jargon, abuse)   /fee'ld ser'voyd/ A play on "android", a derogatory term for a representative of a field service organisation (see field circus), suggesting an unintelligent rule-driven approach to servicing computer hardware.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • fille de joie — a prostitute.
  • film recorder — a photographic device for producing a sound strip on a motion-picture film.
  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
  • first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • flodden field — a hill in Northumberland where invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 and James IV of Scotland was killed
  • fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
  • folded dipole — a type of aerial, widely used with television and VHF radio receivers, consisting of two parallel dipoles connected together at their outer ends and fed at the centre of one of them. The length is usually half the operating wavelength
  • folding money — paper money.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
  • food additive — additive (def 4).
  • food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
  • food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • for dear life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
  • forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
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