13-letter words containing f, e, d, r, a
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
- mendes-france — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- power forward — a forward valued chiefly for aggressive rebounding capability, rather than scoring, and thus a big, physically strong player.
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prepared food — food which has been prepared by manufacturers, and is sold to be eaten at home
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- referred pain — pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.