13-letter words containing f, e, r, i
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metrification — metrication.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- middle finger — the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
- middle french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- mis-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- mother figure — a woman embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the female parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its mother.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
- myrtle family — the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- never offline — (software) (NOL) /noh-el/ A software service provided by America's Multimedia Online that allows Internet users to be constantly connected to the Internet.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- night fighter — an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night
- nine-to-fiver — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nonconiferous — Not coniferous.
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
- nonforfeiture — Lack of forfeiture; failure to forfeit, or exemption from forfeiting.
- nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
- nonproficient — Not proficient.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.