13-letter words containing a, r, m
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- examinatorial — of or having to do with an examiner or examination
- excimer laser — a type of gas laser that emits powerful pulses of ultraviolet radiation used in weapons, industrial, or medical research: this radiation is emitted as the short-lived excimers, dimeric molecules that can only exist when a component is energized into an excited state, return to their ground states
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
- extemporarily — In an extemporary manner.
- exterminating — Present participle of exterminate.
- extermination — Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
- exterminators — Plural form of exterminator.
- exterminatory — Relating to or marked by extermination.
- extra-marital — An extra-marital affair is a sexual relationship between a married person and another person who is not their husband or wife.
- extrafamilial — Outside a family.
- extralimitary — outside the limits or borders of an area
- extrametrical — exceeding the number of syllables normally used in a given metre
- false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
- familiarising — Present participle of familiarise.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- familiarizing — Present participle of familiarize.
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- farm labourer — a person engaged in physical work on a farm
- farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- farmer cheese — a cheese made by pressing together the soft white curds of whole milk or partly skimmed milk, similar in texture to dry cottage cheese.
- farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
- fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
- feedback form — A feedback form is a paper with questions on it and spaces marked where you should write the answers. It asks a hotel guest if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- feeder stream — a tributary that feeds into a larger river, canal, etc
- female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool
- fermentations — Plural form of fermentation.
- ferrimagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments.
- ferroaluminum — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent aluminum.
- 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.
- ferrotitanium — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent titanium.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- first baseman — the player whose position is first base.
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.