13-letter words containing i, n, f, r, a
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- seafaring man — a sailor
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- sergeant fish — cobia
- shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- significatory — serving to signify
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- tariffication — the creation, fixing, or conversion of a tariff
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- transfeminine — noting or relating to a person who was born male but whose gender identity is more female than male.
- transfeminism — a movement supporting the belief that the rights of transgender women are linked to the feminist movement, specifically the right to assume a gender identity that does not correspond to one’s biological sex assigned at birth.
- transfer list — In football, a transfer list is a list of players at a club who may be sold to other clubs.
- transfrontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- ultrafeminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- underfinanced — Underfinanced means the same as underfunded.
- underinflated — lacking sufficient air pressure
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfamiliarity — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- uninformative — not educational
- unrectifiable — able to be rectified.
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness