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14-letter words containing f, o, s

  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
  • coriolis force — a fictitious force used to explain a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the earth when observed from the earth. The deflection (Coriolis effect) is due to the earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • corolliflorous — corollifloral
  • cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • cost of living — The cost of living is the average amount of money that people in a particular place need in order to be able to afford basic food, housing, and clothing.
  • cost-effective — Something that is cost-effective saves or makes a lot of money in comparison with the costs involved.
  • cost-efficient — cost-effective.
  • council bluffs — city in SW Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebr.: pop. 58,000
  • counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
  • crash for cash — denoting a type of insurance fraud in which people bring about road accidents to ensure that a substantial claim is made
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
  • cross-platform — (software, hardware)   A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
  • crossreference — Alternative form of cross-reference.
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • cut-off switch — a switch that cuts off the supply of electricity
  • cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
  • defence forces — the armed services of a country
  • defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
  • defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
  • depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
  • diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
  • diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
  • diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
  • disaffiliation — The termination of an affiliation; the act of ceasing to be associated with something.
  • disaffirmation — The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
  • disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
  • discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
  • disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
  • disinfestation — The act or process of disinfesting.
  • disinformation — false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, especially of other countries.
  • disneyfication — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
  • distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
  • do one's stuff — If you do your stuff, you perform an activity in the way that people expect.
  • do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
  • do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
  • doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
  • domestic staff — servants
  • dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
  • effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
  • effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • elevator shaft — passage for a lift
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
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