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14-letter words containing f, o, l, d, i

  • field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
  • field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
  • finlandization — the neutralization of a country in terms of its allegiance to the superpowers, in the way that the Soviet Union rendered Finland neutral and friendly without making it a satellite state or requiring that it adopt Communism.
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • florida strait — a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
  • florida-strait — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
  • fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
  • fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
  • fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
  • following wind — a wind that is moving in the same direction as the course of a vessel etc
  • food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • football field — ground where soccer is played
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • foundationally — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • height of land — a watershed
  • hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
  • hopfield model — Hopfield network
  • ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
  • indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
  • lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
  • lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
  • line of credit — credit line (def 2).
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
  • non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
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