13-letter words containing f, e, t, o, r, s
- reinfestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
- slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- start of text — (character) (STX) Mnemonic for ASCII 2.
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stereo effect — the spatial effect given to sound that is achieved by using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels
- sternforemost — Nautical. with the stern, foremost.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
- surfer's knot — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
- three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transfrontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
- untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
- versification — the act of versifying.
- virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.