13-letter words containing o, f, b, e
- forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
- free on board — law: delivered by ship free of charge to buyer
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory) (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
- gulf of gabès — an inlet of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- in-capable of — not capable.
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- oblique fault — a fault that runs obliquely to, rather than parallel to or perpendicular to, the strike of the affected rocks
- oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
- off the books — of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
- off-the-books — not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income.
- offertory box — the box or container where worshippers' put their offerings (usually money)
- office bearer — a person who holds an office, as in a society, company, club, etc; official
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- osteofibrosis — loss of calcium from the bones, causing them to become fragile
- out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.