13-letter words containing o, b, f
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confiscatable — confiscable
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- cowboy outfit — an outfit consisting of a cowboy hat, fringed waistcoat, trousers, scarf etc, worn either by children or adults
- date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
- debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
- defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
- defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- double-figure — double-digit.
- dumbfoundedly — In a dumbfounded manner.
- fabric ribbon — a typewriter ribbon made of inked material
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.
- farm labourer — a person engaged in physical work on a farm
- farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
- feedback form — A feedback form is a paper with questions on it and spaces marked where you should write the answers. It asks a hotel guest if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- fellow member — someone who is a member of the same organization or society as you
- festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- fishbone fern — a common Australian fern, Nephrolepsis cordifolia, having fronds with many pinnae
- flag football — a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- floral emblem — a flower or plant serving as the emblem of a city, state, nation, etc.
- flower beetle — any of numerous, usually brightly colored beetles, as of the families Malachiidae and Dasytidae, that live on flowers and are predaceous on other insects.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- foerstner bit — a bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim rather than from the center to permit it to enter the wood at an oblique angle.
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- foot the bill — pay the costs
- football game — soccer match
- for sb's part — When you are describing people's thoughts or actions, you can say for her part or for my part, for example, to introduce what a particular person thinks or does.
- for sb's sake — When you do something for someone's sake, you do it in order to help them or make them happy.
- for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.