14-letter words containing f, o, t, b
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- drafting board — drawing board.
- effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- f distribution — a continuous distribution obtained from the ratio of two chi-square distributions and used esp to test the equality of the variances of two normally distributed variances
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- fit to be tied — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flexible joint — A flexible joint is a coupling which can transmit torque between two shafts which are not aligned.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- football field — ground where soccer is played
- football match — a match played between two football teams
- football pitch — ground where soccer is played
- football pools — If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches.
- for the better — by way of improvement
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- frege, gottlob — Gottlob Frege
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
- gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- hats off to sb — If you say 'Hats off to someone', you are expressing admiration for them.
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- king of beasts — the lion.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- line of battle — a line formed by troops or ships for delivering or receiving an attack.
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.