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14-letter words containing s, e, a, i

  • false relation — a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
  • faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
  • fashion design — the activity of designing fashionable clothes
  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
  • fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
  • federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
  • fencing master — an expert in, and teacher of, the art and sport of fencing
  • feng yu-hsiang — ("Christian General") 1880–1948, Chinese general.
  • ferrimagnetism — (physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature).
  • ferromagnesian — (of minerals and rocks) containing iron and magnesium.
  • ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
  • festive season — People sometimes refer to the Christmas period as the festive season.
  • fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
  • fiesta taurina — fiesta de toros.
  • figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
  • figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
  • file separator — (character)   (FS) ASCII character 28.
  • file signature — A magic number.
  • fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
  • finnegans wake — a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce.
  • finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
  • fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
  • fire insurance — insurance covering any loss or damage caused by fire.
  • fire-resistant — totally or almost totally unburnable.
  • fireman's lift — a method of carrying a person, in which you put one shoulder into the person's midriff, lift them and carry them with their head arms and upper torso hanging down your back while you grip their legs with one hand (leaving your other hand free to hold the ladder as you climb down)
  • fireside chats — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
  • first language — mother tongue
  • first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
  • first quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the smallest quartile; the twenty-fifth percentile; the value of the variable below which one quarter of the elements are located.
  • first sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a company, squadron, etc., responsible for personnel and administration.
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
  • flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
  • flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
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