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14-letter words containing f, o, s

  • fictitiousness — The state of being fictitious.
  • fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
  • fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
  • field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • fifth position — a position similar to the first position, but with one foot in front, the heel and toe of the front foot adjacent to the toe and heel of the back foot.
  • fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
  • file extension — filename extension
  • file separator — (character)   (FS) ASCII character 28.
  • filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
  • final solution — the Nazi program of annihilating the Jews of Europe during the Third Reich.
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
  • finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
  • finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
  • fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • first division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the best records at a particular time (opposed to second division).
  • first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
  • first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
  • first position — a position of the feet in which the heels are back to back and the toes point out to the sides.
  • first-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
  • fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
  • fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
  • flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • flavorlessness — The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
  • flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • 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 stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
  • flood defences — structures such as dams, artificial channels, etc, built to protect an area from flooding
  • floor exercise — a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.
  • floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • 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.
  • florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
  • flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
  • flotsam-jetsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
  • flowering moss — pyxie.
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