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13-letter words containing s, o, f, i

  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
  • game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • geoscientific — relating to geoscience
  • 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.
  • ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • half-scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
  • hash function — (programming)   A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
  • herefordshire — a former county in W England, now part of Hereford and Worscester.
  • hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
  • hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
  • house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
  • housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
  • if you ask me — You can say 'if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • image formats — (graphics, file format)   There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • in despite of — in spite of
  • in one's face — directly opposite or against one
  • in respect of — with regard, with reference
  • in sb's favor — If someone makes a judgment in your favor, they say that you are right about something.
  • inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
  • infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
  • inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
  • infiltrations — Plural form of infiltration.
  • inflammations — Plural form of inflammation.
  • inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
  • infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • informercials — Plural form of informercial.
  • infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
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