13-letter words containing c, r, o, f, t
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
- 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.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 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.
- 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
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scimitar foot — any short leg or foot, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an arc tangent to the floor plane.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- 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
- significatory — serving to signify
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- south african — of southern Africa.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- stereo effect — the spatial effect given to sound that is achieved by using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels
- stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- tariff office — a company whose premiums are based on a tariff agreed with other insurance companies
- tariffication — the creation, fixing, or conversion of a tariff
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- the comforter — the Holy Spirit: John 14:26
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
- traffic court — a court that passes on alleged violations of traffic laws.
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- trig function — Also called circular function. a function of an angle, as sine or cosine, expressed as the ratio of the sides of a right triangle.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
- work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.