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13-letter words containing e, f, i

  • reforestation — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refried beans — fried mashed beans
  • refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
  • reinfestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
  • relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
  • relief worker — a person who works for a charity providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
  • retroflection — a bending backward.
  • return flight — a flight going back
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
  • rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
  • right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
  • right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
  • right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
  • ripple effect — a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event.
  • river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
  • river traffic — the boats that sail on a river
  • 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).
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
  • safari jacket — bush jacket.
  • safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
  • sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
  • san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
  • 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
  • scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
  • 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.
  • scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
  • seafaring man — a sailor
  • second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
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