13-letter words containing f, r, e, t, a, d
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- featherbedded — Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed.
- featherheaded — featherbrain.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- feeder stream — a tributary that feeds into a larger river, canal, etc
- female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool
- ferret badger — any of several small omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- 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.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.