14-letter words containing f, r, e, o, b
- 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.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
- founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- frege, gottlob — Gottlob Frege
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- 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.
- golfer's elbow — a painful inflammation of the muscles on the inside of the forearm caused by exertion in playing golf
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- non-refillable — (of a container of some kind) not capable of being used again by having more of something put inside
- nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- the better off — those with more money
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable