13-letter words containing a, f, t
- buffalo cloth — a heavyweight woolen fabric constructed in twill weave and having a shaggy pile.
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- cafe chantant — an intimate cabaret offering sophisticated musical entertainment.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- cage fighting — Cage fighting is a type of organized violent fighting that takes place in an enclosed space.
- calcification — the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- cape-flattery — Cape, a cape in NW Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait.
- caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
- carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
- carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
- carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- catch hold of — to take; seize; grasp
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- certificatory — Serving to certify something.
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chip graffiti — microchip art
- church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
- city of david — Jerusalem. II Sam. 5:6–7.
- claim to fame — Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
- coffee klatch — A coffee klatch is a social event at which coffee is served.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- common factor — a number or quantity that is a factor of each member of a group of numbers or quantities
- common rafter — a rafter having no function other than to bear roofing.
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confarreation — (in ancient Rome) the highest form of marriage, which was marked by the offering of a cake to Jupiter
- confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.