13-letter words containing e, a, r, t
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- foster father — a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child.
- foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.
- fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- free software — (software) Software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies free software must be available as source code, hence "free open source software" - "FOSS". It is usually also free of charge, though anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use. The widespread acceptance of this definition and free software itself owes a great deal to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. There are many other kinds of "free software" in the sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frequentative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing repetition of an action.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- frozen assets — business assets that are not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuerteventura — a Spanish island off the NW coast of Africa, one of the Canary Islands. 641 sq. mi. (1660 sq. km).
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
- future farmer — a member of the Future Farmers of America.
- futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.