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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.
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