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13-letter words containing a, f

  • digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
  • digital frame — a picture frame containing an LCD screen that is used to display digital photos: Download pictures to your digital frame directly from your camera's memory card.
  • dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
  • disaffiliated — Simple past tense and past participle of disaffiliate.
  • disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
  • disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
  • disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
  • disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
  • disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
  • disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
  • disfunctional — dysfunction.
  • disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
  • disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
  • disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
  • dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
  • distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
  • distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • drafting yard — a yard fenced into compartments for the holding and sorting of livestock.
  • draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
  • drop-dead fee — a fee paid to an organization lending money to a company that is hoping to use it to finance a takeover bid. The fee is only paid if the bid fails and interest charges are only incurred if the money is needed
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
  • east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
  • east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • eff and blind — to use obscene language
  • effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
  • efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
  • elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
  • enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
  • ex post facto — having retrospective effect
  • extractor fan — a fan used in kitchens, bathrooms, workshops, etc, to remove stale air or fumes
  • extrafamilial — Outside a family.
  • fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.
  • fabric ribbon — a typewriter ribbon made of inked material
  • fabricability — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
  • face painting — art of decorating the face with paint
  • face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
  • face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
  • facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
  • facial eczema — a disease of sheep and cattle, occurring in warm areas of North Island, New Zealand. It is caused by a fungus, Pithomyces chartarum, and causes impairment of liver function and reddening, itching, scab formation, and swelling of the skin, esp on the face
  • facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
  • faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
  • factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
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