13-letter words containing r, f, a, c, t, o
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- pornification — the perceived pervasion of society in general or an aspect of it by the imagery, language, and attitudes associated with pornography
- potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
- rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- 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.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- 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
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scimitar foot — any short leg or foot, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an arc tangent to the floor plane.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- significatory — serving to signify
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- south african — of southern Africa.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- tariff office — a company whose premiums are based on a tariff agreed with other insurance companies
- tariffication — the creation, fixing, or conversion of a tariff
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- traffic court — a court that passes on alleged violations of traffic laws.
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.