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13-letter words containing f, a, c, d, e

  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
  • fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • france modern — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or.
  • freckle-faced — having a face conspicuously covered with freckles.
  • freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
  • french canada — the areas of Canada, esp in the province of Quebec, where French Canadians predominate
  • 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.
  • fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
  • half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • hatchet-faced — having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
  • hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
  • henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • 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
  • in advance of — prior to
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • latent defect — hidden fault, undiscovered flaw
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
  • mendes-france — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
  • misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
  • multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
  • mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
  • peace of mind — reassurance
  • prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • 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-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
  • self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
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