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13-letter words containing f, a, l, d, e, r

  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
  • fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
  • fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
  • freckle-faced — having a face conspicuously covered with freckles.
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
  • full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
  • full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
  • gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
  • half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
  • moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
  • nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
  • nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • 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.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • regardless of — in spite of
  • rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
  • sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
  • self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
  • self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
  • self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
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