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13-letter words containing f, r, e

  • dessert knife — a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • dewar (flask) — a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
  • dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
  • dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
  • diffarreation — (historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
  • diffeomorphic — (mathematics) Having a diffeomorphism.
  • differentials — Plural form of differential.
  • differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
  • differentness — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
  • digital frame — a picture frame containing an LCD screen that is used to display digital photos: Download pictures to your digital frame directly from your camera's memory card.
  • disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
  • disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
  • disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
  • disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
  • disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
  • disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
  • disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
  • disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
  • distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • diving reflex — a reflex of humans, other mammals, reptiles, and birds, triggered by immersion in cold water, that slows the heart rate and diverts blood flow to the brain, heart, and lungs: serves to conserve oxygen until breathing resumes and to delay potential brain damage.
  • dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
  • doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
  • dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
  • driving force — impetus
  • drop-dead fee — a fee paid to an organization lending money to a company that is hoping to use it to finance a takeover bid. The fee is only paid if the bid fails and interest charges are only incurred if the money is needed
  • dumfriesshire — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
  • east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
  • east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • effervescence — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
  • effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
  • efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
  • effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
  • electric fire — a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
  • electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
  • electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
  • enfield rifle — a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries
  • enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
  • enrolment fee — the amount of money payable when you enrol on a course, at a university, etc
  • enteric fever — typhoid
  • epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
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