13-letter words containing f, o, r, e, s
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nonconiferous — Not coniferous.
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- of all others — above all others
- of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
- office seeker — a person who seeks appointment or election to some government position.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- olefin series — alkene series.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- one's forties — the ages between 40 and 49
- orate fratres — the call to prayer, addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the people just before the Secret.
- osmoconformer — Any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater.
- osteofibrosis — loss of calcium from the bones, causing them to become fragile
- otto of roses — rose oil.
- out of square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- out-of-stater — a visitor from another state of the U.S.: Many out-of-staters come to our summer music festival.
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- over-effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.