13-letter words containing a, f, s, t
- the fast lane — If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
- the rastafari — Rastafarians collectively
- tiffany glass — Favrile Glass.
- to fall short — If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.
- to one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- transfeminine — noting or relating to a person who was born male but whose gender identity is more female than male.
- transfeminism — a movement supporting the belief that the rights of transgender women are linked to the feminist movement, specifically the right to assume a gender identity that does not correspond to one’s biological sex assigned at birth.
- transfer desk — the place in an airport where you arrange a transfer from one flight to another
- transfer list — In football, a transfer list is a list of players at a club who may be sold to other clubs.
- transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transfrontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-leftist — a person with extremely left-wing political views
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- unfascinating — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- unfenestrated — having windows; windowed; characterized by windows.
- unjustifiable — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- unjustifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- unsatisfiable — not able to be satisfied
- unsignificant — important; of consequence.
- unsteadfastly — in an unsteadfast manner
- 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
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- versification — the act of versifying.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- webfoot state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- 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.
- 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.
- whitefish bay — a city in SE Wisconsin, N of Milwaukee.