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13-letter words containing f, e, d, r

  • 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
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
  • second of arc — second2 (def 4).
  • self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
  • self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
  • self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
  • self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
  • self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • self-prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
  • self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • send away for — order by post
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
  • sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • spider flower — cleome
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
  • staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
  • stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
  • stuffed derma — kishke.
  • stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
  • sugar of lead — lead acetate.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
  • timber-framed — framed by exposed timbers
  • tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
  • trade deficit — A trade deficit is a situation in which a country imports goods worth more than the value of the goods that it exports.
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