13-letter words containing f, o, r, c, a
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fractionation — the act or process of fractionating.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- fractostratus — low ragged layered cloud often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- france modern — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- francis bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- honorifically — In a honorific manner.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- inertia force — an imaginary force supposed to act upon an accelerated body, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant of the real forces
- informatician — a person who works or studies in the field of informatics
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- korf, richard — Richard Korf
- kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
- metrification — metrication.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilarial — relating to, or emanating from, microfilariae
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.