13-letter words containing f, e, r, t, d
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- differentness — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- digital frame — a picture frame containing an LCD screen that is used to display digital photos: Download pictures to your digital frame directly from your camera's memory card.
- disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
- equidifferent — equilateral; having differences that are equal
- face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
- faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- featherbedded — Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed.
- featherheaded — featherbrain.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- feeder stream — a tributary that feeds into a larger river, canal, etc
- female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool
- ferret badger — any of several small omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- field cricket — any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
- fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
- filter feeder — an aquatic animal that feeds on particles or small organisms strained out of water by circulating them through its system: includes most of the stationary feeders, as clams, oysters, barnacles, corals, sea squirts, and sponges.
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- fingerprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.