13-letter words containing f, i, r, n
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
- flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- foerstner bit — a bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim rather than from the center to permit it to enter the wood at an oblique angle.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- 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
- fonctionnaire — a civil servant
- fons et origo — the source and origin
- food industry — the industry surrounding the production of food
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- for one thing — the first reason is
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foraminiferal — Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous.
- foraminiferan — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- foreconscious — the preconscious.
- forefeelingly — by way of forefeeling
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- foreign-owned — owned by an individual who is resident in a different country or by a company whose headquarters are in a different country
- forementioned — Mentioned earlier or above; already cited.
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
- forgivingness — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- form function — (jargon) The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.
- fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
- fortitudinous — having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.