21-letter words containing f, t

fractional extraction — Fractional extraction is a process of extracting a liquid from a liquid, in which two solutes are separated, with one leaving in the extract and one in the raffinate.
fragmentation grenade — a grenade with a heavy metal casing that shatters, on exploding, into fragments that travel at high speed and with great force.
framing specification — A specification of the "protocol bits" that surround the "data bits" on a communications channel to allow the data to be "framed" into chunks, like start and stop bits in EIA-232. It allows a receiver to synchronize at points along the data stream.
franco-belgian system — French system.
frankfort on the main — a city in W central Germany, on the Main River.
frankfort on the oder — a city in NE Germany, on the Oder River.
fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
free-floating anxiety — chronic anxiety occurring for no identifiable cause
french fried potatoes — a more formal name for chips
frequent wash shampoo — a shampoo whose mildness allows it to be used frequently
friends with benefits — friends who have a casual sexual relationship with no expectation of commitment
from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
fuel injection engine — and engine with a system for introducing atomized liquid fuel under pressure directly into the combustion chambers of an internal-combustion engine without the use of a carburettor
full faith and credit — the obligation under Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
functional dependency — (database) Given a relation R (in a relational database), attribute Y of R is functionally dependent on attribute X of R and X of R functionally determines Y of R (in symbols R.X -> R.Y) if and only if each X in R has associated with it precisely one Y in R (at any one time). Attributes X and Y may be composite. This is very close to a function in the mathematical sense.
functional illiterate — a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.
functional imperative — a requirement for the survival of any social system, as communication, control of conflict, or socialization.
fundamental frequency — the lowest frequency at which a medium will freely oscillate.
game of cat and mouse — In a fight or contest, if one person plays cat and mouse, or a game of cat and mouse, with the other, the first person tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them.
general of the armies — a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.
genetic amplification — an increase in the frequency of replication of a DNA segment.
gentleman of the road — a highwayman.
get into the swing of — If you get into the swing of something, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing.
get/have the hots for — If you say that one person has the hots for another, you mean that they feel a strong sexual attraction to that person.
glen of imaal terrier — a strongly-built medium-sized variety of terrier with a medium-length coat and short forelegs
go (in) to bat for sb — If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
grammatical inference — Deducing a grammar from given examples. Also known as "inductive inference" and recently as "computational learning".
ground-effect machine — ACV (def 2).
have heard sth before — If you say that you have heard something before, you mean that you are not interested in it, or do not believe it, or are not surprised about it, because you already know about it or have experienced it.
have the advantage of — benefit from: sth extra
hay-pauncefote treaty — an agreement (1901) between the U.S. and Great Britain giving the U.S. the sole right to build a canal across Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
high court of justice — an English court formed in 1873 from several superior courts and consisting of a court of original jurisdiction (High Court of Justice) and an appellate court (Court of Appeal)
higher-order function — (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g. map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function.
highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
horns and halo effect — a tendency to allow one's judgement of another person, esp in a job interview, to be unduly influenced by an unfavourable (horns) or favourable (halo) first impression based on appearances
host command facility — (operating system) (HCF) Used to access IBM S/36 and AS/400 computers from a mainframe.
house of prostitution — a brothel.
hubble classification — a method of classifying galaxies depending on whether they are elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, or irregular
identification papers — documents that serve to establish someone's identity
identification parade — a group of persons including one suspected of having committed a crime assembled for the purpose of discovering whether a witness can identify the suspect
imperfect competition — economics: when sb has excessive influence on market price
in (or out of) order — in (or not in) proper sequence or position
in (or out of) phase — in (or not in) a state of exactly parallel movements, oscillations, etc.; in (or not in) synchronization
in (or out of) place — in (or out of) the customary, proper, or assigned place
in a class of its own — unequalled; unparalleled
in a state of undress — If someone is in a state of undress, they do not have all their clothes on.
in favor/out of favor — If someone or something is in favor, people like or support them. If they are out of favor, people no longer like or support them.
in phase/out of phase — If two things are out of phase with each other, they are not working or happening together as they should. If two things are in phase, they are working or occurring together as they should.
in stock/out of stock — If goods are in stock, a shop has them available to sell. If they are out of stock, it does not.
in the course of time — eventually

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