13-letter words containing f, r, e, s
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- gallows frame — headframe.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- gene transfer — Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.
- general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- green fingers — skill at gardening
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- hassenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
- heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herefordshire — a former county in W England, now part of Hereford and Worscester.
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
- house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- indifferences — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
- infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.