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13-letter words containing c, o, e, f

  • reform school — reformatory (def 2).
  • refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
  • refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
  • reperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • resource fork — Macintosh file system
  • retroflection — a bending backward.
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
  • rose of china — China rose (def 2).
  • safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
  • second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
  • second of arc — second2 (def 4).
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
  • sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
  • sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
  • slice of life — accurate depiction of reality
  • slice-of-life — of, relating to, or being a naturalistic, unembellished representation of real life: a play with slice-of-life dialogue.
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
  • space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
  • special offer — bargain
  • specification — the act of specifying.
  • staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
  • staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
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