20-letter words containing f, l, i, e

flame-fusion process — Verneuil process.
flight data recorder — a recording device that records relevant data during an aircraft's flight
floodlight projector — a powerful lamp having a reflector curved to produce a floodlight.
florence nightingale — Florence ("the Lady with the Lamp") 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs.
fontainebleau school — a group of artists, many of them Italian and Flemish, who worked on the decorations of the palace of Fontainebleau in the 16th century.
for all one is worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
for sb's delectation — If you do something for someone's delectation, you do it to give them enjoyment or pleasure.
force-field analysis — a decision-making technique, often presented graphically, that identifies all the positive and negative forces impinging on a problem
fore-and-aft topsail — gaff topsail (def 1).
forty-ninth parallel — an informal name for the Canadian border with the USA, which is in part delineated by the parallel line of latitude at 49°N
four-colour glossies — 1. Literature created by marketroids that allegedly contains technical specs but which is in fact as superficial as possible without being totally content-free. "Forget the four-colour glossies, give me the tech ref manuals." Often applied as an indication of superficiality even when the material is printed on ordinary paper in black and white. Four-colour-glossy manuals are *never* useful for finding a problem. 2. [rare] Applied by extension to manual pages that don't contain enough information to diagnose why the program doesn't produce the expected or desired output.
fourth international — a loose federation of small groups of radical socialists formed in 1936 under the leadership of Leon Trotsky and hostile to the Soviet Union. Compare international (def 6).
frederick william ii — 1744–97, king of Prussia 1786–97.
frederick william iv — 1795–1861, king of Prussia 1840–61 (brother of William I of Prussia).
freefall parachuting — a variety of parachuting in which the jumper manoeuvres in free fall before opening the parachute
frequency modulation — FM.
fridtjof nansen land — Franz Josef Land.
friedrich max müller — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
front-end volatility — Front-end volatility is the ability of the fractions with lower boiling points, such as butane, to evaporate at normal temperatures.
fully-fitted kitchen — a kitchen fitted with units and appliances such as an oven, dishwasher, etc
fulminate of mercury — a gray, crystalline solid, Hg(CNO) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial and military detonators.
fundamental particle — elementary particle.
genetically modified — biologically altered
get away from it all — If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work.
godefroy de bouillon — c1060–1100, French crusader.
grand right and left — a figure called in square dancing in which partners face each other, forming a small circle, and then advance around the circle by extending alternating right and left hands to pull past each new person until they reach their partners again.
group life insurance — a form of life insurance available to members of a group, typically employees of a company, under a master policy.
hail-fellow-well-met — friendly but insincere
helmeted guinea fowl — the common guinea fowl in its wild state.
hexafluoroantimonate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion SbF6- or any salt containing this anion; it is used as an acidic catalyst in epoxide opening reactions.
houses of parliament — In Britain, the Houses of Parliament are the British parliament, which consists of two parts, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The buildings where the British parliament does its work are also called the Houses of Parliament.
hydrodesulfurization — desulfurization by catalytic agents of the sulfur-rich hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum or the like during cracking or hydrocracking.
ideal of pure reason — God, seen as an idea of pure reason unifying the personal soul with the cosmos.
in a class by itself — unique
in flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
in the lap of luxury — If you say that someone lives in the lap of luxury, you mean that they live in conditions of great comfort and wealth.
infiltration gallery — a conduit, built in permeable earth, for collecting ground water.
information builders — Distributors of LEVEL5 OBJECT. Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
information overload — an excess of incoming information, as might confront a pedestrian on a crowded city street, that forces one to be selective in the information received and retained.
intelligence officer — a military officer responsible for collecting and processing data on hostile forces, weather, and terrain.
intestinal fortitude — courage; resoluteness; endurance; guts: to have intestinal fortitude.
investment portfolio — the whole range of financial investments held by an individual investor or a financial organization
islets of langerhans — biology: pancreatic cells
joint life insurance — life insurance covering two or more persons, the benefits of which are paid after the first person dies.
justifiable homicide — murder committed under extenuating circumstances
kill the fatted calf — the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
la canada-flintridge — a town in SW California.
lafayette escadrille — a contingent of American aviators who in 1916 served as volunteers (Escadrille Américaine) in the French air force and in 1918 became the 103rd Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army.
land-office business — a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business.
last of the mohicans — a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper.

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