19-letter words containing f, i, r, s

creeping featuritis — (jargon) /kree'ping fee'-chr-i:`t*s/ A variant of creeping featurism, with its own spoonerism: "feeping creaturitis". Some people like to reserve this form for the disease as it actually manifests in software or hardware, as opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds. -ism means "condition" or "pursuit of", whereas -itis usually means "inflammation of".
cross one's fingers — to fold one finger across another in the hope of bringing good luck
cross-fertilization — fertilization by the fusion of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species
crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
culler-fried system — A system for interactive mathematics.
cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
deflate compression — deflate
deflationary spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
dictionary of names — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
director of studies — a member of staff at an educational institution who has responsibility for overseeing the curriculum
disciples of christ — a Christian denomination, founded in the U.S. by Alexander Campbell in the early part of the 19th century, that rejects all creeds, holds the Bible as a sufficient rule of faith and practice, administers baptism by immersion, celebrates the Lord's Supper every Sunday, and has a congregational polity.
disenfranchisements — Plural form of disenfranchisement.
distinctive feature — a feature of the sound system of a language that serves as the crucial distinguishing mark between two phonemes, as the distinctive feature of voicing, which distinguishes b from p in English, or nasality, which distinguishes m from b and p.
diversified farming — the practice of producing a variety of crops or animals, or both, on one farm, as distinguished from specializing in a single commodity.
doctrine of descent — the theory that animals and plants arose by descent from previously existing organisms; theory of evolution
draw someone's fire — to attract the criticism or censure of someone
elastic deformation — In elastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it but goes back to its original state when the stress is removed.
electrostatic field — an electric field associated with static electric charges
end of transmission — (character) (EOT) The mnemonic for ASCII character 4.
factitious disorder — any of various syndromes, as Münchausen syndrome, characterized by physical or psychological symptoms intentionally produced by a person and under voluntary control.
farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
fashion coordinator — a person in a department store or other establishment who coordinates activities centered upon or related to fashion, as fashion themes, shows, displays, and promotion.
fault tree analysis — (programming) A form of safety analysis that assesses hardware safety to provide failure statistics and sensitivity analyses that indicate the possible effect of critical failures.
female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
first degree murder — the most serious category of murder
first international — a socialistic organization (1864–76) formed to unite and promote the interests of workers throughout the world. Compare international (def 6).
first law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
first person plural — a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself together with others
first world problem — a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty: I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!
first-degree murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
first-in, first-out — an inventory plan that assumes that items purchased first will be sold first and that by valuing inventory items at the price of the most recent purchases, inventory values will be comparable to any rise in prices. Abbreviation: FIFO . Compare last-in, first-out.
first-past-the-post — A first-past-the-post system for choosing members of parliament or other representatives is one in which the candidate who gets most votes wins.
first-sale doctrine — a legal principle allowing the purchaser of a lawfully made copy of a copyright-protected work to sell or give away that copy without permission but not to reproduce it.
fixed cost contract — a contract in which the costs do not vary
floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
fluophosphoric acid — fluorophosphoric acid.
fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
for all it is worth — If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
for what it's worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
forensic accountant — an accountant who specializes in applying accountancy skills to the purposes of the law
forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
four eyes principle — the requirement that a business transaction be approved by at least two individuals
fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.

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