13-letter words containing f, i, n
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
- 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
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
- 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.
- eff and blind — to use obscene language
- effectiveness — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- efficientness — The quality of being efficient; efficiency.
- eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- end of medium — (character) (EM) ASCII character 25.
- enfield rifle — a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- enteric fever — typhoid
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- equidifferent — equilateral; having differences that are equal
- fabric ribbon — a typewriter ribbon made of inked material
- face painting — art of decorating the face with paint
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- factorisation — Alternative spelling of factorization.
- factorization — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- faerie queene — a chivalric romance in verse (1590–96) by Edmund Spenser.
- faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- faith healing — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faithlessness — The quality of being faithless.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
- falsification — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- familiarising — Present participle of familiarise.
- familiarizing — Present participle of familiarize.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- fantastically — conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- fantin-latour — (Ignace) Henri (Joseph Théodore) [ee-nyas ahn-ree zhaw-zef tey-aw-dawr] /iˈnyas ɑ̃ˈri ʒɔˈzɛf teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1836–1904, French painter.
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fascinatingly — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- fashion house — an establishment in which fashionable clothes are designed, made, and sold