14-letter words containing f, i, r, m
- fairmindedness — Alt form fair-mindedness.
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.
- fancy geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium domesticum, of southern Africa, having roundish clusters of large white, pink, or red flowers.
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- feminine rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- fencing master — an expert in, and teacher of, the art and sport of fencing
- fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
- ferrimagnetism — (physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature).
- ferromagnesian — (of minerals and rocks) containing iron and magnesium.
- ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- ferry terminal — docking area for passenger boats
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- fiery-tempered — easily angered
- fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
- fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
- figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.
- film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
- fireman's lift — a method of carrying a person, in which you put one shoulder into the person's midriff, lift them and carry them with their head arms and upper torso hanging down your back while you grip their legs with one hand (leaving your other hand free to hold the ladder as you climb down)
- fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
- first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
- first minister — In the Scottish Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly, the First Minister is the leader of the ruling party.
- first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
- florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
- flowering moss — pyxie.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- form criticism — a method of textual analysis, applied especially to the Bible, in which the origin and history of certain passages are traced by isolating their literary forms, as miracle story, saying, or apothegm, on the assumption that they were fixed by oral tradition prior to compilation in written form.
- formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- formosa strait — an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China Seas.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- four-four time — a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature 44
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.