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13-letter words containing f, t

  • antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
  • antisudorific — an antiperspirant.
  • aperitif-wine — a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
  • apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
  • apple fritter — a piece of apple covered in batter and deep fried
  • arc of lowitz — a halo or arc of light, occurring infrequently, which extends diagonally downward from a 22° parhelion.
  • argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
  • aridification — the process by which a humid region becomes increasingly dry, as by climatic change or human interference with the ecology.
  • artificiality — artificial quality.
  • artificialize — to render artificial
  • artsy-craftsy — having to do with arts and crafts
  • assault rifle — a firearm that is capable of firing multiple rounds in a very short period
  • at face value — If you take something at face value, you accept it and believe it without thinking about it very much, even though it might be untrue.
  • at first hand — If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
  • at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
  • at the fiddle — engaged in an illegal or fraudulent undertaking
  • attested form — a linguistic form that can be shown to be in use or in written records
  • autoinfection — infection by a pathogenic agent already within the body or infection transferred from one part of the body to another
  • aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
  • bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
  • back to front — If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last.
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
  • bag of waters — a fluid-filled membranous sac in the pregnant uterus that encloses and cushions the fetus, normally breaking at or just before the time of birth; the amnion.
  • balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
  • balance staff — a pivoted axle or shaft on which the balance is mounted.
  • bank transfer — a payment between two bank accounts
  • baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
  • basement flat — a flat below the ground floor of a building
  • basic fortran — (language)   A subset of Fortran.
  • basket flower — a composite plant, Centaurea americana, of central U.S. to Mexico, having raylike heads of tubular rose-colored flowers, each surrounded by a whorl of bracts making the flower head appear as if it is set in a basket.
  • bat-eared fox — a fox, Vulpes chama, inhabiting dry areas of southern Africa and having large pointed ears, silvery gray coat, and a bushy tail with a black tip.
  • battered wife — See under battered woman syndrome.
  • bay of plenty — a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
  • bbn butterfly — (computer)   A supercomputer developed at BBN Technologies, named after the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network around which it was built. It could have up to 512 CPUs connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's memory, albeit with about 15 times the latency than for its own. The earlier GP-1000 models used up to 256 Motorola 68020s. The later TC-2000 models used up to 512 Motorola 88100s. Language developed for, or ported to, the BBN Butterfly were Butterfly Common LISP, Butterfly Scheme, Delirium, and MultiScheme.
  • be better off — If you say that someone would be better off doing something, you are advising them to do it or expressing the opinion that it would benefit them to do it.
  • beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
  • beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
  • beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
  • beg to differ — politely disagree
  • belief system — The belief system of a person or society is the set of beliefs that they have about what is right and wrong and what is true and false.
  • bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
  • beneficential — relating to beneficence
  • beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
  • benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • best of breed — The best of breed is the animal that wins first prize in its section at a dog show.
  • beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
  • bill of costs — a statement of the total costs that are the responsibility of a party to a suit or action
  • bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
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