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

  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
  • quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • return flight — a flight going back
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
  • self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
  • 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
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
  • sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
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