13-letter words containing f, e, t, a
- differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- 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.
- disaffiliated — Simple past tense and past participle of disaffiliate.
- disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- 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.
- 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
- draft version — a preliminary version
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- ex post facto — having retrospective effect
- extractor fan — a fan used in kitchens, bathrooms, workshops, etc, to remove stale air or fumes
- extrafamilial — Outside a family.
- fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.
- face painting — art of decorating the face with paint
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- faith healing — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faithlessness — The quality of being faithless.
- falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
- fallibilities — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- 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
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- fast ethernet — (networking) A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. The relevant standards are 100BaseT, 100BaseFX and 100BaseVG.
- fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
- fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fat electrons — (electronics, humour) Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
- fatheadedness — The quality of being fatheaded.