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14-letter words containing f, i

  • antifederalism — Alternative form of anti-federalism.
  • antifederalist — a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government
  • antifilibuster — a person or method in opposition to filibustering
  • antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
  • antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
  • antireflective — treated in some way to prevent reflection
  • antiscientific — opposed to the principles, methods, or aims of science
  • aquifoliaceous — related to the Aquifoliaceae family of plants, the only living genus of which is the holly (Ilex) genus
  • arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
  • arable farming — the growing of arable crops
  • artifactitious — of, relating to, or of the nature of an artifact, or a man-made object that carries cultural significance.
  • artificial ear — a device consisting of microelectrodes that deliver electrical stimuli directly to the auditory nerve when surgically implanted into the cochlea, enabling a person with sensorineural deafness to hear.
  • artificial eye — a manufactured eye of glass, plastic, or other material, usually hemispherical or cup-shaped, worn cosmetically over a blind eye or in the socket of a lost eye and sometimes attached to muscles to provide movement.
  • artificialized — Simple past tense and past participle of artificialize.
  • artificialness — the condition of being non-natural, unnatural or spurious
  • artisoft, inc. — (company, networking)   A company, known for the LANtastic range of networking products. Originally providers of proprietary, peer-to-peer network hardware and software for small installations, Artisoft now also sells Ethernet and Novell-compatible hardware and software. Telephone: +1 (800) 809 1257. Address: Tucson, Arizona, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • as big as life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • at first blush — when first seen; as a first impression
  • at first sight — If you say that something seems to have certain characteristics at first sight, you mean that it appears to have the features you describe when you first see it but later it is found to be different.
  • at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
  • atomic warfare — war in which nuclear weapons are used
  • atrial flutter — irregular heart rhythm
  • authority file — a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.
  • autoconfiscate — (software, jargon)   A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
  • axis of diesel — a name given to a bloc of countries (Russia, Iran, and Venezuela) whose reserves of oil enhance their political importance
  • back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
  • back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
  • backflap hinge — Building Trades. flap (def 20a).
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • balm of gilead — any of several trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora, esp C. opobalsamum of Africa and W Asia, that yield a fragrant oily resin
  • balm-of-gilead — any of several plants of the genus Commiphora, especially C. opobalsamum and C. meccanensis, which yield a fragrant oleoresin.
  • bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
  • baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
  • baranof island — an island off SE Alaska, in the western part of the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 4162 sq km (1607 sq miles)
  • barium sulfate — an odorless, tasteless, white powder, BaSO4, insoluble in water: it is used as a paint pigment, as a filler for paper, textiles , etc., and as an opaque substance that is ingested to aid in making diagnostic X-rays of the stomach and intestine
  • barium sulfide — a gray or yellowish-green, water-soluble, poisonous powder, BaS, used chiefly as a depilatory and as an intermediate in the synthesis of pigments, especially lithopone.
  • barrel shifter — (hardware)   A hardware device that can shift or rotate a data word by any number of bits in a single operation. It is implemented like a multiplexor, each output can be connected to any input depending on the shift distance.
  • battle fatigue — Battle fatigue is a mental condition of anxiety and depression caused by the stress of fighting in a war.
  • battle of wits — If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.
  • be gagging for — to be very eager to have or do something
  • be of one mind — to have the same opinion or desire
  • beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
  • beneficialness — the state of being beneficial
  • benzosulfimide — saccharin.
  • beside oneself — If you are beside yourself with anger or excitement, you are extremely angry or excited.
  • betting office — a licensed bookmaker's premises not on a racecourse where bets can be placed on horses, teams, and other competitors
  • bezier surface — (graphics)   A surface defined by mathematical formulae, used in computer graphics. A surface P(u, v), where u and v vary orthogonally from 0 to 1 from one edge of the surface to the other, is defined by a set of (n+1)*(m+1) "control points" (X(i, j), Y(i, j), Z(i, j)) for i = 0 to n, j = 0 to m.
  • biceps femoris — See under biceps.
  • bight of bonny — a wide bay at the E end of the Gulf of Guinea off the coasts of Nigeria and Cameroon
  • bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
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