14-letter words containing o, d, r, i, f
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- field of force — the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it
- field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
- fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
- fireproof door — a door that is designed to prevent fire from spreading
- fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
- first division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the best records at a particular time (opposed to second division).
- first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
- first-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
- florida strait — a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
- florida-strait — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- food rationing — the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
- formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- 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.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- four of a kind — a set of four cards of the same denominations.
- four-eyed fish — a small, surface-swimming fish, Anableps anableps, inhabiting shallow, muddy streams of Mexico and Central America, having each eye divided, with the upper half adapted for seeing in air and the lower half for seeing in water.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- freedom riders — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
- fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.