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

  • staff section — section (def 10b).
  • 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.
  • state of aden — Aden (def 2).
  • state of mind — mental condition, mood
  • state of play — current situation
  • step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
  • 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.
  • stock footage — film containing stock shots.
  • 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.
  • sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • 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.
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • take leave of — to say goodbye to
  • takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
  • tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
  • tariff office — a company whose premiums are based on a tariff agreed with other insurance companies
  • tariff reform — increase in import duties
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • tea-of-heaven — a shrub, Hydrangea macrophylla serrata, of the saxifrage family, native to Japan and Korea, having hairy, ovate leaves and flat or slightly arched clusters of blue or white flowers.
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • teofilo otoni — a city in E central Brazil.
  • testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
  • testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
  • tet offensive — an offensive by Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces against South Vietnamese and U.S. positions in South Vietnam, beginning on Jan. 31, 1968, the start of Tet.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • the better of — having recovered from
  • the comforter — the Holy Spirit: John 14:26
  • the far north — the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world
  • the father of — a very large, severe, etc, example of a specified kind
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
  • the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • the offensive — an attitude or position of aggression
  • the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
  • the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
  • the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • think less of — to have a lower opinion of
  • think more of — to have a higher opinion of
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