13-letter words containing f, e, d, b
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- fender bender — a collision between motor vehicles in which there is only minor damage.
- fender-bender — a collision between motor vehicles in which there is only minor damage.
- ferret badger — any of several small omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.
- festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- flexible disk — a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- fluidized bed — a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
- frederiksberg — a city in E Denmark: a part of Copenhagen.
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- free on board — law: delivered by ship free of charge to buyer
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- indemnifiable — Something suitable for indemnification.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- self-obsessed — If you describe someone as self-obsessed, you are criticizing them for spending too much time thinking about themselves or their own problems.
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team