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

  • multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
  • multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
  • myrtle family — the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • nectariferous — producing nectar.
  • neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
  • nitrification — the act of nitrifying.
  • nitroparaffin — any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
  • no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
  • nonartificial — Not artificial.
  • noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
  • nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
  • not far wrong — Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate.
  • of all others — above all others
  • of many parts — having many different abilities
  • off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
  • off the track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
  • olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
  • one-room flat — a studio flat in which the bedroom, sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • orate fratres — the call to prayer, addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the people just before the Secret.
  • orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
  • out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • out of danger — no longer at risk
  • out of square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • out-of-stater — a visitor from another state of the U.S.: Many out-of-staters come to our summer music festival.
  • overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
  • paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
  • parasoft corp — Distributors of the message passing system Express.
  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • perfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which sexual spores are formed, as the asci in the sexual stage of the ascomycete.
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
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