14-letter words containing f, o, r, m
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- freedom riders — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- french morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- friction match — a kind of match tipped with a compound that ignites by friction.
- frolicsomeness — The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- from the floor — during the time of a game when active defense is permitted
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- grow away from — lose attachment
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- home-from-home — a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as a person's own home
- immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- interferometer — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- john c fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
- 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
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- man of letters — highly educated man
- man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- master of arts — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the humanities or social sciences.
- matter-of-fact — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- microfibrillar — Of or pertaining to microfibrils.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.
- microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
- microsoft mail — (messaging, tool) (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.