13-letter words containing f, r, a, c, t
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- 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.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- 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.
- handcraftsman — A handicraftsman.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- 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
- interfaceable — Capable of being interfaced.
- internet café — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
- internet-cafe — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- 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 craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- 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
- lucifer match — friction match.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
- merchant fees — Merchant fees are money charged by a merchant service to a vendor for processing credit card transactions.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- 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.
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nitrification — the act of nitrifying.
- nonartificial — Not artificial.
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.