13-letter words containing a, f, o, r, e
- frame of mind — mental state
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- france modern — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- franz josef i — English name Francis Joseph I. 1830–1916, emperor of Austria (1848–1916) and king of Hungary (1867–1916)
- free on board — law: delivered by ship free of charge to buyer
- free software — (software) Software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies free software must be available as source code, hence "free open source software" - "FOSS". It is usually also free of charge, though anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use. The widespread acceptance of this definition and free software itself owes a great deal to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. There are many other kinds of "free software" in the sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- 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.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- 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.
- 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.
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- frozen assets — business assets that are not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- gallows frame — headframe.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- hall of famer — a person who has been accepted into a Hall of Fame.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- 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:
- imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- inertia force — an imaginary force supposed to act upon an accelerated body, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant of the real forces
- inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.