13-letter words containing f, i, r, n
- conflagration — A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conformations — Plural form of conformation.
- confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
- confrontation — A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- cornification — the process of producing a horn or horny substance
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- counterfeited — Simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit.
- counterfeiter — made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- craftsmanship — Craftsmanship is the skill that someone uses when they make beautiful things with their hands.
- creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- cyberfeminism — A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- dairy farming — the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
- deep-freezing — the process of freezing food at a very low temperature for storage
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- deformational — of or relating to deformation
- defragmenting — Present participle of defragment.
- delirifacient — anything that causes or induces delirium
- deptford pink — a plant, Dianthus armeria, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having slender, erect stems and leaves and clusters of small, bright pink flowers.
- dessert knife — a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- diffarreation — (historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- differentness — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconfirming — Not confirming.
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- diving reflex — a reflex of humans, other mammals, reptiles, and birds, triggered by immersion in cold water, that slows the heart rate and diverts blood flow to the brain, heart, and lungs: serves to conserve oxygen until breathing resumes and to delay potential brain damage.