13-letter words containing a, f, r
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefix syntax — prefix notation
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prepared food — food which has been prepared by manufacturers, and is sold to be eaten at home
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- professoriate — a group of professors.
- profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- proposal form — a form filled out by a person applying for insurance
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- rabbit's foot — the foot of a rabbit, especially the left hind foot carried as a good-luck charm.
- radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- railroad flat — an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
- rat-tail file — a long, narrow file having a circular cross section.
- ratbite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
- rational form — a quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
- refamiliarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- referentially — having reference: referential to something.
- referred pain — pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- reforestation — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.