13-letter words containing f, u, t, r, e
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
- out of square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- out-of-stater — a visitor from another state of the U.S.: Many out-of-staters come to our summer music festival.
- out-of-towner — a visitor from another town or city: The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.
- out-performed — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- return flight — a flight going back
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
- self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- small fortune — a large sum of money