13-letter words containing o, f, e, n, d, r
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- frame of mind — mental state
- france modern — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or.
- free on board — law: delivered by ship free of charge to buyer
- french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- friction feed — (printer) A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- modern french — the French language since c1600.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- overconfident — too confident.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
- 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
- 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.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
- self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- send away for — order by post
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold