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13-letter words containing a, r, c, t

  • ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • filter factor — a number indicating the increased exposure that a particular film should receive when a photograph is taken using a particular filter.
  • final curtain — end of a theatre performance
  • fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
  • fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
  • firnification — the process by which snow changes into névé.
  • first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
  • fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
  • floristically — In a floristic manner.
  • fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • fluoroacetate — a toxic chemical compound, C2H2FNaO2, occurring naturally in certain plants, and commonly used as rat poison
  • fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
  • fonctionnaire — a civil servant
  • for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
  • formularistic — relating to formularization
  • fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
  • fort huachuca — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Arizona, SE of Tucson.
  • fort mcmurray — a town in NE Alberta, in W Canada, on the Athabasca River.
  • fort victoria — a former name of Masvingo.
  • fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
  • fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
  • fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
  • fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
  • fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
  • fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
  • fractionation — the act or process of fractionating.
  • fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
  • fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
  • fractostratus — low ragged layered cloud often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
  • fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
  • franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
  • franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
  • 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.
  • friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
  • fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
  • frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
  • fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
  • galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
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