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13-letter words containing f, a, r, c

  • 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.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • pornification — the perceived pervasion of society in general or an aspect of it by the imagery, language, and attitudes associated with pornography
  • potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
  • 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.
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
  • ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
  • rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
  • refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
  • refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
  • refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
  • refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
  • reperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • river traffic — the boats that sail on a river
  • rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
  • rose of china — China rose (def 2).
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
  • 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.
  • sacrificially — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
  • safari jacket — bush jacket.
  • safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
  • safety screen — a screen covering a work area and protecting people and equipment from fire and other danger
  • san francisco — a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay: earthquake and fire 1906; United Nations Conference 1945.
  • sao francisco — a river flowing NE and E through E Brazil into the Atlantic. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
  • scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
  • 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
  • scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
  • scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
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