13-letter words containing f, r, e, c, h
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- queue fourche — (of a lion) having a single tail divided in two partway along its length so as to have two complete ends.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- reform school — reformatory (def 2).
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- 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.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- the comforter — the Holy Spirit: John 14:26
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thermic fever — sunstroke.
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
- welfare check — a social security payment