13-letter words containing f, i
- anti-aircraft — of or relating to defence against aircraft attack
- anti-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- anti-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- anti-pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
- antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
- antiformalist — opposed to formalism
- antiinfection — Preventing or counteracting infection.
- antiinfective — Antiinfection.
- antireflexive — noting a relation in which no element is in relation to itself, as “less than.”.
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
- antisudorific — an antiperspirant.
- aperitif-wine — a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
- apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
- apple fritter — a piece of apple covered in batter and deep fried
- arc of lowitz — a halo or arc of light, occurring infrequently, which extends diagonally downward from a 22° parhelion.
- argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- aridification — the process by which a humid region becomes increasingly dry, as by climatic change or human interference with the ecology.
- artificiality — artificial quality.
- artificialize — to render artificial
- assault rifle — a firearm that is capable of firing multiple rounds in a very short period
- at first hand — If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
- at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
- at the fiddle — engaged in an illegal or fraudulent undertaking
- autoinfection — infection by a pathogenic agent already within the body or infection transferred from one part of the body to another
- aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
- back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
- backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
- baffin island — the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)
- bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- balsam family — the plant family Balsaminaceae, typified by succulent stems, alternate, opposite, or whorled simple leaves, and irregular solitary or clustered flowers, including the balsam and jewelweed.
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- basic fortran — (language) A subset of Fortran.
- battered wife — See under battered woman syndrome.
- bay of biscay — a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean between W France and N Spain: notorious for storms
- be one's life — If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you.
- beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
- beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beef bouillon — a broth made either by straining water in which bits of lean beef have been cooked or by dissolving beef extract in hot water.
- beg to differ — politely disagree
- belief system — The belief system of a person or society is the set of beliefs that they have about what is right and wrong and what is true and false.
- bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores