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

  • fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
  • field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
  • field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
  • fifth disease — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
  • filamentation — The growth of filaments.
  • file transfer — (networking)   Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
  • film festival — a festival devoted to film
  • filter factor — a number indicating the increased exposure that a particular film should receive when a photograph is taken using a particular filter.
  • filterability — The state or condition of being filterable.
  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
  • 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.
  • finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
  • fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
  • 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 baseman — the player whose position is first base.
  • first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • first quarter — the instant, approximately one week after a new moon, when one half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • first refusal — If someone has first refusal on something that is being sold or offered, they have the right to decide whether or not to buy it or take it before it is offered to anyone else.
  • fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
  • fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flabbergaster — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
  • flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
  • 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
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
  • fleet air arm — the aviation branch of the Royal Navy
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
  • 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.
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