14-letter words containing f, i, n, d, e
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- 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
- height of land — a watershed
- identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- identity theft — crime: pretending to be sb else
- in defiance of — a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- independent of — without the support of
- indie landfill — a derogatory term for indie music considered to be mediocre
- 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.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- 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.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
- lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
- life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
- lift attendant — a person who operates a lift, esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
- light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- mefenamic acid — a white powder, C 1 5 H 1 5 NO 2 , used as a mild analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic in certain types of arthritis and for the relief of moderate short-term pain due to dysmenorrhea.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- misidentifying — Present participle of misidentify.
- mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
- 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.
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nondiversified — Not diversified.
- off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
- over-confident — too confident.