13-letter words containing f, a, r, c, i, e
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frisches haff — a lagoon in N Poland. 52 miles (84 km) long; 4–12 miles (6–19 km) wide.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
- german africa — the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- 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
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- inertia force — an imaginary force supposed to act upon an accelerated body, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant of the real forces
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
- interfaceable — Capable of being interfaced.
- internet café — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
- internet-cafe — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metrification — metrication.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- office bearer — a person who holds an office, as in a society, company, club, etc; official
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- peace officer — a civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a sheriff or constable.
- perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize