17-letter words containing fa
- gamblers' fallacy — the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession
- give satisfaction — to satisfy
- go out of fashion — be dated
- go-faster stripes — (jargon) chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
- grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- great-grandfather — a grandfather of one's father or mother.
- grey-faced petrel — a dark-coloured New Zealand petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
- guerrilla warfare — the use of hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces operating in territory controlled by a hostile, regular force.
- house of ill fame — a house of prostitution; brothel
- how's-your-father — sexual intercourse
- i can't be fagged — I can't be bothered
- if all else fails — You say if all else fails to suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful.
- in someone's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- in the family way — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- in/out of fashion — If something is in fashion, it is popular and approved of at a particular time. If it is out of fashion, it is not popular or approved of.
- indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
- infantry division — a military division composed of infantry
- intensive farming — battery rearing of animals
- macfarlane burnet — Sir (Frank) Macfarlane [muh k-fahr-luh n] /məkˈfɑr lən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1985, Australian physician: Nobel Prize in Physiology 1960.
- magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
- manganese sulfate — a pink, water-soluble, usually tetrahydrate salt, MnSO 4 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly in fertilizers, paints, and varnishes.
- manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
- manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
- mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
- munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
- niger-kordofanian — a language family comprising Niger-Congo and Kordofanian.
- nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
- odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
- off-site facility — An off-site facility is a facility which is not at the main industrial or commercial site.
- on the face of it — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
- potassium sulfate — a crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, alums, and mineral water, and as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
- protection factor — a figure representing the relative degree of protection from the sun's rays afforded by a particular sunscreen
- rheumatoid factor — an antibody that is found in the blood of many persons afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis and that reacts against globulins in the blood.
- san andreas fault — an active strike-slip fault in W United States, extending from San Francisco to S California and forming the on-land portion of the western margin of the North American Plate.
- self-satisfaction — a usually smug satisfaction with oneself, one's achievements, etc.
- semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- sports facilities — places and things for doing sports
- stare in the face — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- strike-slip fault — a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
- surface condenser — a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.
- surface structure — a structural representation of the final syntactic form of a sentence, as it exists after the transformational component has modified a deep structure. Compare deep structure.
- surface treatment — A surface treatment is a process applied to the surface of a material to make it better in some way, for example by making it more resistant to corrosion or wear.
- the factory floor — all the workers in a factory
- the facts of life — the details of sexual behaviour and reproduction, esp as told to children
- the faint-hearted — people of a nervous disposition
- the fall (of man) — Adam's sin of yielding to temptation in eating the forbidden fruit, and his subsequent loss of grace
- to fan the flames — If someone or something fans the flames of a situation or feeling, usually a bad one, they make it more intense or extreme in some way.