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

  • potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
  • 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.
  • power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • professoriate — a group of professors.
  • proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
  • refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • 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
  • reforestation — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
  • refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
  • refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
  • reinfestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • ship of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
  • short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
  • soothfastness — the state of being soothfast
  • space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
  • specification — the act of specifying.
  • staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
  • staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
  • staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
  • staff section — section (def 10b).
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