14-letter words containing f, t
- format-fortran — Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique Fortran
- formosa strait — an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China Seas.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fort jefferson — a national monument in Dry Tortugas, Fla.: a federal prison 1863–73; now a marine museum.
- fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
- fortifications — Plural form of fortification.
- fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
- fortuitousness — The quality of being fortuitous.
- fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
- fortune hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
- fortune-hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
- fortune-teller — a person who claims the ability to predict the future.
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- forward market — future commodities trading
- foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
- foundation day — former name of Australia Day.
- foundationally — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
- fountain plant — Joseph's-coat.
- four-four time — a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature 44
- fourth of july — Independence Day.
- foxtail millet — a grass, Setaria italica, of numerous varieties, introduced into the U.S. from Europe and Asia, and grown chiefly for use as hay.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- france ancient — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, semé-de-lys or.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- fraternisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fraternization.
- fraternity pin — a pin worn on clothing that indicates membership in a fraternity
- fraternization — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
- free variation — a relation between the members of a pair of phones, phonemes, morphs, or other linguistic entities such that either of the two may occur in the same position with no change in the meaning of the utterance: in the first syllable of “economics,” “e” and “ē” are in free variation.
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- free-associate — to engage in free association.
- free-marketeer — A free-marketeer is someone, especially a politician, who thinks market forces should control the economy.
- freeze (on) to — to cling to; hold fast to
- freezer centre — a store that specializes in selling freezers
- freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
- frege, gottlob — Gottlob Frege
- freight engine — a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.
- french cricket — a child's game resembling cricket, in which the batsman's legs are used as the wicket