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15-letter words starting with f

  • figurate number — a number having the property that the same number of equally spaced dots can be arranged in the shape of a regular geometrical figure.
  • figure of eight — figure eight.
  • figure of merit — a measure of the efficiency of a helicopter in hover
  • file descriptor — (programming, operating system)   An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
  • file management — the work of organizing and arranging files in a computer
  • filemaker, inc. — (company)   The company that distributes the FileMaker database. FileMaker, Inc. was previously known as Claris and was renamed after a restructuring in January 1998.
  • filling station — service station (def 1).
  • fillister plane — an adjustable plane for cutting rabbets, grooves, etc
  • finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
  • find one's feet — to become capable or confident, as in a new job
  • finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
  • fine-tooth comb — a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
  • finger alphabet — a series of shapes made by the fingers that indicate letters of an alphabet and can be used in fingerspelling for the deaf
  • finger painting — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • finger spelling — a method of communicating with or among deaf people in which different shapes made with the fingers represent different letters of the alphabet
  • finger-pointing — the imputation of blame or responsibility.
  • finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
  • finite automata — Finite State Machine
  • finno-russo war — the war (1939–40) between Finland and the Soviet Union.
  • fire department — the department of a municipal government charged with the prevention and extinguishing of fire.
  • fire prevention — safety measures to decrease fire risk
  • fire resistance — the amount of resistance of a material or construction to fire.
  • fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
  • fire-and-forget — used to describe a type of missile that, once fired, is able to guide itself to its target
  • fire-engine red — a very bright red color.
  • fireless cooker — an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.
  • first amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting Congress from interfering with freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition.
  • first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • first intention — See under intention (def 5a).
  • first messenger — a hormone that triggers a biochemical reaction at a site removed from its release.
  • first principle — any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.
  • first responder — a person who is certified to provide medical care in emergencies before more highly trained medical personnel arrive on the scene: a firefighter trained as a first responder.
  • first secretary — The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly is the leader of the ruling party.
  • first world war — World War I.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • first-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
  • fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
  • fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
  • fish restaurant — a restaurant which serves mainly fish
  • fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
  • fishing harbour — a place where fishing boats are tied up
  • fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
  • fission product — a nuclide produced either directly by nuclear fission or by the radioactive decay of such a nuclide
  • fission reactor — a nuclear reactor in which a fission reaction takes place
  • fissiparousness — The quality of being fissiparous.
  • fit as a fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
  • fitness fanatic — someone who is obsessed with exercise and keeping himself or herself fit
  • fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
  • fitness trainer — someone whose job is to improve other people's fitness
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
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