13-letter words containing a, n, d, r, i
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- edwardsianism — a modified form of Calvinism taught by Jonathan Edwards.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- enantiodromia — (psychiatry, according to Carl Jung) The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
- enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
- endearingness — The quality of being endearing.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- extraordinary — Very unusual or remarkable.
- faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- ferdinand iii — Ferdinand II (def 1).
- ferdinand vii — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- frame of mind — mental state
- fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- gagging order — an official order against certain information being made public or discussed (by the press, etc)