20-letter words containing i, n, f, e, c, t

ecological footprint — a mark left by the shod or unshod foot, as in earth or sand.
effective resistance — the resistance to an alternating current, expressed as the ratio of the power dissipated to the square of the effective current.
efficiency apartment — a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom, and a kitchenette.
electrode efficiency — the ratio of the amount of metal deposited in an electrolytic cell to that theoretically deposited according to Faraday's laws
electronic footprint — data that identifies a computer that has connected to a particular website
embryo vitrification — a method of in vitro fertilization in which the embryo is exposed to a vitreous solution and frozen before being thawed and implanted into the uterus
entry qualifications — the qualifications people wishing to enter an organization, university, etc, have to have
erythema infectiosum — a mild infectious disease of childhood, caused by a virus, characterized by fever and a red rash spreading from the cheeks to the limbs and trunk
essential fatty acid — any fatty acid required by the body in manufacturing prostaglandins, found in such foods as oily fish and nuts
exercise, left as an — Used to complete a proof in technical books when one doesn't mind a handwave, or to avoid one entirely. The complete phrase is: "The proof [or "the rest"] is left as an exercise for the reader." This comment *has* occasionally been attached to unsolved research problems by authors possessed of either an evil sense of humour or a vast faith in the capabilities of their audiences.
feather in one's cap — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
federal constitution — Constitution of the United States.
fermentation alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
fermentation-alcohol — Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water-miscible liquid, C 2 H 5 OH, having an etherlike odor and pungent, burning taste, the intoxicating principle of fermented liquors, produced by yeast fermentation of certain carbohydrates, as grains, molasses, starch, or sugar, or obtained synthetically by hydration of ethylene or as a by-product of certain hydrocarbon syntheses: used chiefly as a solvent in the extraction of specific substances, in beverages, medicines, organic synthesis, lotions, tonics, colognes, rubbing compounds, as an automobile radiator antifreeze, and as a rocket fuel. Compare denatured alcohol, methyl alcohol.
financial controller — a senior executive in usually commercial organization who is in charge of financial affairs and oversees such things as the preparation of budgets and accounts
financial instrument — A financial instrument is a document or contract that can be traded in a market, that represents an asset to one party and a liability or equity to the other.
financial management — supervision and handling of the financial affairs of an organization
financial statements — Financial statements are all of the reports that show how a company is performing for a certain period.
finite state machine — (mathematics, algorithm, theory) (FSM or "Finite State Automaton", "transducer") An abstract machine consisting of a set of states (including the initial state), a set of input events, a set of output events, and a state transition function. The function takes the current state and an input event and returns the new set of output events and the next state. Some states may be designated as "terminal states". The state machine can also be viewed as a function which maps an ordered sequence of input events into a corresponding sequence of (sets of) output events. A deterministic FSM (DFA) is one where the next state is uniquely determinied by a single input event. The next state of a nondeterministic FSM (NFA) depends not only on the current input event, but also on an arbitrary number of subsequent input events. Until these subsequent events occur it is not possible to determine which state the machine is in. It is possible to automatically translate any nondeterministic FSM into a deterministic one which will produce the same output given the same input. Each state in the DFA represents the set of states the NFA might be in at a given time. In a probabilistic FSM [proper name?], there is a predetermined probability of each next state given the current state and input (compare Markov chain). The terms "acceptor" and "transducer" are used particularly in language theory where automata are often considered as abstract machines capable of recognising a language (certain sequences of input events). An acceptor has a single Boolean output and accepts or rejects the input sequence by outputting true or false respectively, whereas a transducer translates the input into a sequence of output events. FSMs are used in computability theory and in some practical applications such as regular expressions and digital logic design. See also state transition diagram, Turing Machine.
first-cause argument — an argument for the existence of God, asserting the necessity of an uncaused cause of all subsequent series of causes, on the assumption that an infinite regress is impossible.
five-elements school — Yin-Yang School.
fixed action pattern — a highly stereotyped pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a particular species.
fixed-price contract — a contract in which the price is preset and invariable, regardless of the actual costs of production.
fixed-rate financing — a loan system in which the amount paid back does not fluctuate according to interest rated
florence nightingale — Florence ("the Lady with the Lamp") 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs.
fontainebleau school — a group of artists, many of them Italian and Flemish, who worked on the decorations of the palace of Fontainebleau in the 16th century.
for sb's delectation — If you do something for someone's delectation, you do it to give them enjoyment or pleasure.
freefall parachuting — a variety of parachuting in which the jumper manoeuvres in free fall before opening the parachute
frequency modulation — FM.
front-to-back engine — an engine in which the crankshaft is arranged front to back along the axis of the vehicle
frosting on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
fully-fitted kitchen — a kitchen fitted with units and appliances such as an oven, dishwasher, etc
fulminate of mercury — a gray, crystalline solid, Hg(CNO) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial and military detonators.
fundamental particle — elementary particle.
genetically modified — biologically altered
heat of condensation — the heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses to a liquid: equal to the heat of vaporization.
imperfect contrition — sincere penitence or remorse.
in a class by itself — unique
in flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
independence of path — the property of a function for which the line integral has the same value along all curves between two specified points.
infectious hepatitis — hepatitis A.
inferior conjunction — the alignment of an inferior planet between the sun and the earth.
information exchange — discussion that involves exchanging ideas and knowledge
instruction prefetch — (architecture) A technique which attempts to minimise the time a processor spends waiting for instructions to be fetched from memory. Instructions following the one currently being executed are loaded into a prefetch queue when the processor's external bus is otherwise idle. If the processor executes a branch instruction or receives an interrupt then the queue must be flushed and reloaded from the new address. Instruction prefetch is often combined with pipelining in an attempt to keep the pipeline busy. By 1995 most processors used prefetching, e.g. Motorola 680x0, Intel 80x86.
intelligence officer — a military officer responsible for collecting and processing data on hostile forces, weather, and terrain.
interference pattern — a series of alternating dark and bright bands produced as a result of light interference.
isochronous transfer — isochronous
joint life insurance — life insurance covering two or more persons, the benefits of which are paid after the first person dies.
la canada-flintridge — a town in SW California.
last of the mohicans — a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper.

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