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

  • petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
  • pornification — the perceived pervasion of society in general or an aspect of it by the imagery, language, and attitudes associated with pornography
  • port of spain — (used with a plural verb) two islands in the N Atlantic Ocean, off the NE coast of Venezuela.
  • port-of-spain — (used with a plural verb) two islands in the N Atlantic Ocean, off the NE coast of Venezuela.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
  • power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
  • prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • prefix syntax — prefix notation
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • professoriate — a group of professors.
  • profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
  • profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • rabbit's foot — the foot of a rabbit, especially the left hind foot carried as a good-luck charm.
  • radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
  • raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
  • railroad flat — an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line.
  • ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
  • rat-tail file — a long, narrow file having a circular cross section.
  • ratbite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
  • rational form — a quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
  • reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
  • refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
  • referentially — having reference: referential to something.
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