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

  • frozen assets — business assets that are not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
  • frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
  • frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
  • frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • fusible metal — any of various alloys, as of bismuth, lead, and tin, that melt at temperatures as low as 160°F (70°C), making them useful in various safety devices.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • gene transfer — Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.
  • general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
  • get the shaft — to be tricked or cheated
  • half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
  • head of steam — momentum; driving power
  • healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
  • heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • image formats — (graphics, file format)   There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
  • infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • interstratify — to lie in interposed or alternate strata.
  • intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
  • justificative — Justificatory.
  • kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • 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.
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • 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.
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
  • let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
  • liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • magnus effect — the thrust on a cylinder rotating about its axis while in motion in a fluid, the thrust being perpendicular to the relative motion of the cylinder in the fluid.
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • manifestation — an act of manifesting.
  • manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
  • manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
  • manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
  • market forces — factors driving the economy
  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
  • mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
  • masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
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