10-letter words containing f, e, r, a, c
- refraction — Physics. the change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.
- refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- refracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- resurfacer — a machine or tool used for resurfacing
- right face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
- rock-faced — (of a person) having a stiff, expressionless face.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- sacrificer — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safety car — life car.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- scar-faced — with a face marked by a scar or scars.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- stagecraft — skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.
- star facet — (in a brilliant) any of the eight small facets of the crown immediately below the table.
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- statecraft — the art of government and diplomacy.
- subsurface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- sucralfate — a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- superflack — an extremely competent, successful press agent
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
- technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
- tradecraft — the skills learned from experience in a trade, often used to refer to the skills spies use to avoid being detected
- trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- trafficker — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- trifurcate — to divide into three forks or branches.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- unfactored — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- ungraceful — lacking charm or elegance; awkward.
- unsurfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- watercraft — skill in boating and water sports.
- weak force — a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.