13-letter words containing n, i, f, t
- fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
- fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fractionation — the act or process of fractionating.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frequentative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing repetition of an action.
- friction feed — (printer) A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- function room — a room designated for official or formal social gatherings or ceremonies
- function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).