13-letter words containing n, i, e, f
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- referentially — having reference: referential to something.
- referred pain — pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- reflexiveness — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- reforestation — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- reinfestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
- retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- return flight — a flight going back
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
- role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
- safety margin — something required to ensure safety
- san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
- seafaring man — a sailor
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- self-analysis — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-cleaning — an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
- self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.