13-letter words containing f, a, r, s
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
- claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
- class warfare — conflict, tension between social classes
- class-warfare — Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
- confirmations — Plural form of confirmation.
- conformations — Plural form of conformation.
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- 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.
- craftsmanship — Craftsmanship is the skill that someone uses when they make beautiful things with their hands.
- 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
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- 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
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- 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.