13-letter words containing i, a, f
- anti-aircraft — of or relating to defence against aircraft attack
- anti-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- anti-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.
- anti-pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
- antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
- antiformalist — opposed to formalism
- antiinfection — Preventing or counteracting infection.
- antiinfective — Antiinfection.
- antireflexive — noting a relation in which no element is in relation to itself, as “less than.”.
- 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
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- 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
- assault rifle — a firearm that is capable of firing multiple rounds in a very short period
- 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
- 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
- back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
- backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
- baffin island — the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)
- bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- balsam family — the plant family Balsaminaceae, typified by succulent stems, alternate, opposite, or whorled simple leaves, and irregular solitary or clustered flowers, including the balsam and jewelweed.
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- basic fortran — (language) A subset of Fortran.
- battered wife — See under battered woman syndrome.
- bay of biscay — a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean between W France and N Spain: notorious for storms
- 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.
- bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- 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
- 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.
- bigleaf maple — a tree, Acer macrophyllum, of western North America, having large, deeply lobed leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in drooping clusters.