13-letter words containing f, o, i, s, n
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- factorisation — Alternative spelling of factorization.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
- falsification — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fashion house — an establishment in which fashionable clothes are designed, made, and sold
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fashion sense — instinct for what is stylish
- fashion shoot — an event at which photographs are taken of people wearing fashionable clothes
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- feloniousness — The quality of being felonious.
- fermentations — Plural form of fermentation.
- fermentitious — of a fermenting nature
- ferociousness — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
- festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- fetishization — The act or process of fetishizing.
- feuilletonism — The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
- feuilletonist — a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fictionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize.
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
- fishbone fern — a common Australian fern, Nephrolepsis cordifolia, having fronds with many pinnae
- fisher of men — an evangelist
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- 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 press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor