13-letter words containing i, r, e, f, a
- internet-cafe — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
- interstratify — to lie in interposed or alternate strata.
- intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- laissez-faire — of, relating to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metrification — metrication.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- myrtle family — the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.