13-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- event horizon — the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
- exhibitioners — Plural form of exhibitioner.
- exhilarations — Plural form of exhilaration.
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
- flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
- 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.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- for one thing — the first reason is
- 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.
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- for the worse — into a less desirable or inferior state or condition
- foreshortened — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- form the fool — to play the fool or behave irritatingly
- formal theory — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- forty-eightmo — a book size of about 2½ × 4 inches (6 × 10 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 48 leaves or 96 pages. Abbreviation: 48mo, 48°.
- forty-seventh — next after the forty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 47.
- foster father — a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child.
- foster mother — a woman who takes the place of a mother in raising a child.
- fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- 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.
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- full throttle — used in the phrase at full throttle, at full speed or with great intensity
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- george wither — George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- get over with — If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.