13-letter words containing f, e, r, a, o
- 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.
- prepared food — food which has been prepared by manufacturers, and is sold to be eaten at home
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- 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.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- 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.
- regardless of — in spite of
- reinfestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- reperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- 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.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- 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.
- safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- 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
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- 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-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- 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.