13-letter words containing f, a, r, p
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- for sb's part — When you are describing people's thoughts or actions, you can say for her part or for my part, for example, to introduce what a particular person thinks or does.
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
- frank chapman — Frank Michler [mik-ler] /ˈmɪk lər/ (Show IPA), 1864–1945, U.S. ornithologist, museum curator, and author.
- franklin park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- 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.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frontopalatal — articulated with the portion of the tongue that is just behind the tip touching or near the alveolar ridge and hard palate, as ( (ʃ) ; sh) ) and (; ʒ) ; zh) )
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- hassenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- import tariff — a tax or duty imposed on imported goods
- infraposition — A situation or position beneath.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
- lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- map reference — information that identifies the point on a map where a particular place is located
- multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
- nitroparaffin — any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- of many parts — having many different abilities
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes