13-letter words containing d, r, a, f
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- korf, richard — Richard Korf
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
- maid of honor — an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- mendes-france — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- of many words — talkative
- 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.
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- porfirio diaz — (Josédela Cruz) Porfirio [haw-se th e lah kroos pawr-fee-ryaw] /hɔˈsɛ ðɛ lɑ ˈkrus pɔrˈfi ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, president of Mexico 1877–80, 1884–1911.
- 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.
- power forward — a forward valued chiefly for aggressive rebounding capability, rather than scoring, and thus a big, physically strong player.
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prepared food — food which has been prepared by manufacturers, and is sold to be eaten at home
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.