13-letter words containing a, f, r
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- unfortunately — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- uninformative — not educational
- unperformable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- unrectifiable — able to be rectified.
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- untransferred — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
- unvitrifiable — not able to be vitrified
- vacuum filter — A vacuum filter is a filter in which the liquid passes through more easily because of a vacuum on the liquid output side.
- venire facias — a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury.
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- verifiability — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vertical file — a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
- vicar of bray — a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- war of nerves — a conflict using psychological techniques, as propaganda, threats, and false rumors, rather than direct violence, in order to confuse, thwart, or intimidate an enemy.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- water bailiff — an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing
- water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
- water feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
- water feature — A water feature is something such as an artificial pond or waterfall, usually in a garden.
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water-proofed — impervious to water.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- welfare check — a social security payment
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
- well-favoured — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west frisians — See under Frisian Islands.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- white feather — a symbol of cowardice.
- wife batterer — a man who hits his wife
- wildlife park — animal reserve
- winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
- wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
- wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.