13-letter words containing f, o, r, c, a
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- san francisco — a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay: earthquake and fire 1906; United Nations Conference 1945.
- sao francisco — a river flowing NE and E through E Brazil into the Atlantic. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scimitar foot — any short leg or foot, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an arc tangent to the floor plane.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- significatory — serving to signify
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- tariff office — a company whose premiums are based on a tariff agreed with other insurance companies
- tariffication — the creation, fixing, or conversion of a tariff
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- traffic court — a court that passes on alleged violations of traffic laws.
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- umbraculiform — umbrella-shaped
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.
- unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
- unenforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vicar of bray — a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
- year of grace — a specified year of the Christian era: this year of grace; the year of grace 1982.