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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • 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 more of — to have a higher opinion of
  • three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
  • threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
  • to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
  • to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
  • to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
  • tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
  • 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.
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