13-letter words containing f, r, o, s
- counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
- counteroffers — Plural form of counteroffer.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
- cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- deed of trust — a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee, such as a bank, often for the purpose of securing a mortgage or promissory note.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
- discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconfirming — Not confirming.
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- 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.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- 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.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- factorisation — Alternative spelling of factorization.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fairy swallow — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
- false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
- false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
- false saffron — a red dye used for cotton and for colouring foods and cosmetics, or a drug obtained from the florets of this plant
- fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
- fat electrons — (electronics, humour) Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
- favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- feature story — a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare follow-up (def 3b), hard news, news story.
- feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
- fermentations — Plural form of fermentation.
- fermentitious — of a fermenting nature