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13-letter words containing f, e, s, t

  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • geoscientific — relating to geoscience
  • 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.
  • get the shaft — to be tricked or cheated
  • half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
  • head of steam — momentum; driving power
  • healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
  • heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
  • hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
  • home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
  • image formats — (graphics, file format)   There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
  • imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
  • in despite of — in spite of
  • in respect of — with regard, with reference
  • 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
  • infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
  • inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
  • infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
  • infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • infringements — Plural form of infringement.
  • interest-free — An interest-free loan has no interest charged on it.
  • interferences — Plural form of interference.
  • interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
  • interstratify — to lie in interposed or alternate strata.
  • intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
  • isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
  • isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
  • jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
  • justificative — Justificatory.
  • kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
  • let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
  • life instinct — suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
  • life interest — interest on property that is payable during the owner's lifetime but cannot be passed on to another or others after his or her death.
  • life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
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