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13-letter words containing i, n, f

  • field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
  • field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
  • field winding — the electrically conducting circuit, usually a number of coils wound on individual poles and connected in series, that produces the magnetic field in a motor or generator.
  • fifty-seventh — next after the fifty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 57.
  • fighting cock — a gamecock.
  • fighting fish — any of several brightly colored labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta, found in Southeast Asia.
  • fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
  • figure of fun — If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
  • figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
  • filamentation — The growth of filaments.
  • file transfer — (networking)   Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
  • filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
  • filing system — file system
  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • fill her tins — to complete a home baking of cakes, biscuits, etc
  • film industry — all the companies, studios, people etc involved in making commercial films collectively
  • film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
  • fin de siecle — the end of the 19th century.
  • finagle's law — (humour)   The generalised or "folk" version of Murphy's Law, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will". One variant favoured among hackers is "The perversity of the Universe tends toward a maximum". The label "Finagle's Law" was popularised by SF author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners; this "Belter" culture professed a religion and/or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.
  • final curtain — end of a theatre performance
  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
  • financing gap — the difference between a country's requirements for foreign exchange to finance its debts and imports and its income from overseas
  • finback whale — rorqual
  • fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour)   A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
  • fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
  • finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
  • finger puppet — a miniature puppet fitting over and manipulated by one finger.
  • fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
  • fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
  • fingerpicking — Present participle of fingerpick.
  • fingerprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint.
  • finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
  • finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
  • finnan haddie — smoked haddock.
  • fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
  • firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
  • firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
  • firnification — the process by which snow changes into névé.
  • first baseman — the player whose position is first base.
  • first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • first sitting — A first sitting is the first period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
  • first-nighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
  • fish geranium — zonal geranium.
  • fishbone fern — a common Australian fern, Nephrolepsis cordifolia, having fronds with many pinnae
  • fisher of men — an evangelist
  • fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
  • fishing fleet — the boats used in the fishing industry
  • fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
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