13-letter words containing i, r, t, f
- vertical file — a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
- virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- water bailiff — an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- west frisians — See under Frisian Islands.
- white feather — a symbol of cowardice.
- white truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
- wife batterer — a man who hits his wife
- wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
- wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.
- working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
- writ of error — a writ issued by an appellate court to the court of record where a case was tried, requiring that the record of the trial be sent to the appellate court for examination of alleged errors.
- writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.
- x-certificate — a film classification indicating a film that may not be publicly shown to anyone under 18. Since 1982 replaced by symbol 18