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13-letter words containing a, d, i, n, f, t

  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour)   A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
  • fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
  • fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
  • fondant icing — icing made from fondant
  • foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
  • foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
  • free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
  • friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
  • fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
  • front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
  • habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
  • indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
  • lifted domain — (theory)   In domain theory, a domain with a new bottom element added. Given a domain D, the lifted domain, lift D contains an element lift d corresponding to each element d in D with the same ordering as in D and a new element bottom which is less than every other element in lift D. In functional languages, a lifted domain can be used to model a constructed type, e.g. the type data LiftedInt = K Int contains the values K minint .. K maxint and K bottom, corresponding to the values in Int, and a new value bottom. This denotes the fact that when computing a value v = (K n) the computation of either n or v may fail to terminate yielding the values (K bottom) or bottom respectively. (In LaTeX, a lifted domain or element is indicated by a subscript \perp). See also tuple.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • modifications — Plural form of modification.
  • mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
  • mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
  • soda fountain — a counter, as in a restaurant or drugstore, at which sodas, ice cream, light meals, etc., are served.
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