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14-letter words containing o, f, d

  • fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
  • finlandization — the neutralization of a country in terms of its allegiance to the superpowers, in the way that the Soviet Union rendered Finland neutral and friendly without making it a satellite state or requiring that it adopt Communism.
  • finnan haddock — smoked haddock.
  • 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.
  • fit to be tied — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
  • flood defences — structures such as dams, artificial channels, etc, built to protect an area from flooding
  • 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.
  • flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
  • fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
  • 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.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
  • following wind — a wind that is moving in the same direction as the course of a vessel etc
  • food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
  • food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • food poisoning — an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.
  • food processor — an electric appliance with interchangeable blades within a closed container into which food is inserted for slicing, shredding, mincing, chopping, puréeing, or otherwise processing at high speeds.
  • 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.
  • football field — ground where soccer is played
  • for god's sake — Some people use expressions such as for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence.
  • for the record — officially, openly
  • 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
  • fore-and-after — Nautical. a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig. a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway. a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.
  • forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
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