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

  • food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
  • foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
  • for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
  • for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
  • forementioned — Mentioned earlier or above; already cited.
  • foreshortened — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten.
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
  • fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
  • fort donelson — Fort Donelson.
  • fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
  • foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
  • fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
  • fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
  • free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
  • free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
  • freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
  • friction feed — (printer)   A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
  • friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
  • fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
  • from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
  • frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
  • frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
  • full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
  • genetic drift — random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.
  • get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
  • grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
  • 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
  • hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
  • hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
  • indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
  • infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • life-or-death — life-and-death.
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • mother of god — a title of the Virgin Mary.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
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