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13-letter words containing f, a, r, e, s

  • counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
  • data transfer — (data)   Copying or moving data from one place to another, typically via some kind of network (e.g. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, File Transfer Protocol) or local data connection (bus, SCSI, IDE, SATA).
  • days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
  • death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
  • defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
  • defenestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate.
  • defenestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate.
  • defloration's — the act of deflowering.
  • deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • dewar (flask) — a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
  • differentials — Plural form of differential.
  • disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
  • disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
  • disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
  • disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
  • disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
  • disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
  • distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
  • east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
  • factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
  • fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
  • false bulrush — a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae
  • false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
  • false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
  • false saffron — a red dye used for cotton and for colouring foods and cosmetics, or a drug obtained from the florets of this plant
  • false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
  • false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
  • familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
  • farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
  • farmer cheese — a cheese made by pressing together the soft white curds of whole milk or partly skimmed milk, similar in texture to dry cottage cheese.
  • farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
  • faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
  • fast ethernet — (networking)   A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. The relevant standards are 100BaseT, 100BaseFX and 100BaseVG.
  • fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
  • fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fat electrons — (electronics, humour)   Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
  • father lasher — a large sea scorpion, Myoxocephalus scorpius, occurring in British and European coastal waters
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