13-letter words containing f, o, t, n
- potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- profit center — a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.
- profit centre — a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
- profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- rational form — a quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
- reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- reforestation — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
- reinfestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
- retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
- root of unity — a complex number that when raised to some positive integral power results in 1.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.