13-letter words containing a, f, o, r, e
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
- intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
- isle of capri — Capri.
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metrification — metrication.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- mother of all — a female parent.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.