18-letter words containing o, f, m

democratic deficit — any situation in which there is believed to be a lack of democratic accountability and control over the decision-making process
departure platform — a raised area at a railway station from which passengers can board trains prior to their departing
diaminofluorescein — (organic compound) A fluorescein into which two amino groups have been substituted.
dimethyl sulfoxide — DMSO.
economies of scale — Economies of scale are the financial advantages that a company gains when it produces large quantities of products.
enforcement action — action by a body or organization, esp a financial one, to make sure that its rules are being followed
false imprisonment — the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement.
family-tree theory — a theory that describes language change in terms of genetically related languages developing in successive splits from a common parent language, such as Indo-European, as depicted by a family tree diagram.
farm the long acre — to graze cows on the verge of a road
farmer-labor party — a political party in Minnesota, founded in 1920 and merged with the Democratic Party in 1944.
federal government — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
feldenkrais method — a system of gentle movements that promote flexibility, coordination, and self-awareness
fermat's last post — (humour) A post to a bug tracker, mailing list or forum in which the author claims to have found a simple fix or workaround for a bug, but never says what it is and never shows up again to explain it (even after others have been puzzling over the bug for years).
fifth monarchy men — (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.
filename extension — (filename extension) The portion of a filename, following the final point, which indicates the kind of data stored in the file - the file type. Many operating systems use filename extensions, e.g. Unix, VMS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows. They are usually from one to three letters (some sad old OSes support no more than three). Examples include "c" for C source code, "ps" for PostScript, "txt" for arbitrary text. Apart from informing the user what type of content the file holds, filename extensions are typically used to decide which program to launch when a file is "run", e.g. by double-clicking it in a GUI file browser. They are also used by Unix's make to determine how to build one kind of file from another. Compare: MIME type.
fill someone in on — to provide someone with additional facts, details, etc. about
finite-dimensional — (of a vector space) having a basis consisting of a finite number of elements.
fire and brimstone — When people talk about fire and brimstone, they are referring to hell and how they think people are punished there after death.
fire-and-brimstone — threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
first and foremost — primarily
first class module — (programming) A module that is a first class data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functions. In a functional language, it is standard to have first class programs, so program building blocks can have the same status.
fixed-focus camera — a camera with an unadjustable focal length and with a relatively large depth of field.
flame-of-the-woods — an Indian evergreen shrub, Ixora coccinea, of the madder family, having red, tubular flowers in dense clusters.
flat-bottomed rail — a rail having a cross section like an inverted T, with the top extremity enlarged slightly to form the head
flotsam and jetsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
flower arrangement — floral display
for the life of me — If you say that you cannot for the life of you understand or remember something, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand or remember it, even if you try hard.
for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
forced development — the processing of underexposed photographic film to increase the image density
foreign investment — investment from foreign countries
forensic chemistry — the application of facts concerning chemistry to questions of civil and criminal law.
forget-me-not blue — a shade of blue similar to the shade of the flowers of a forget-me-not
formal equivalence — the relation that holds between two open sentences when their universal closures are materially equivalent
forward compatible — forward compatibility
foundation garment — an undergarment, as a girdle or corset, worn by women to support or give shape to the contours of the body.
four-color problem — the problem, solved in 1976, of proving the theorem that any geographic map can be colored using only four colors so that no connected countries with a common boundary are colored the same color.
fourth commandment — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”: fourth of the Ten Commandments.
fourth normal form — database normalisation
fragile x syndrome — a widespread form of mental retardation caused by a faulty gene on the X chromosome.
fragile-x syndrome — an inherited condition characterized by learning disability: affected individuals have an X-chromosome that is easily damaged under certain conditions
fragmentation bomb — a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.
frame of reference — a structure of concepts, values, customs, views, etc., by means of which an individual or group perceives or evaluates data, communicates ideas, and regulates behavior.
from first to last — all the way through
from hand to mouth — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
from stem to stern — If something happens from stem to stern on a boat, it involves the whole of the boat.
from the ground up — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
from the housetops — publicly and widely
from top to bottom — highest point to lowest
fulminating powder — powder that explodes by percussion.
functional program — (language) A program employing the functional programming approach or written in a functional language.

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