13-letter words containing s, o, f, i
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- food shopping — shopping to buy food
- food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- for chrissake — for Christ's sake
- for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
- force a smile — to make oneself smile
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreconscious — the preconscious.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- forgivingness — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formicivorous — ant-eating.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fortississimo — (music) The musical notation indicating that the piece is played louder than fortissimo.
- fortitudinous — having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
- fossiliferous — bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
- fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
- fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foster sister — a girl brought up with another child of different parents.
- foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- francis bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- franz josef i — English name Francis Joseph I. 1830–1916, emperor of Austria (1848–1916) and king of Hungary (1867–1916)
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- frise aileron — an aircraft wing control surface designed with its leading edge extending forward of its axis of rotation so that when the aileron's trailing edge is raised the leading edge extends below the bottom surface of the wing.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- functionalise — to make functional.