13-letter words containing r, i, o, t
- ferrotitanium — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent titanium.
- fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
- fertilization — an act, process, or instance of fertilizing.
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- fill-out form — (programming) A type of user interface used, for example, on the web, to organise a set of questions or options for the user so that it resembles a traditional paper form that is filled out. Typical query types are: fill-in-the-blank (text), menu of options, select zero or more, or select exactly one ("radio buttons"). Most web browsers support fill-out forms. Overview.
- filter coffee — coffee made by filtering hot water through ground coffee
- filter factor — a number indicating the increased exposure that a particular film should receive when a photograph is taken using a particular filter.
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- firnification — the process by which snow changes into névé.
- first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
- first officer — first mate.
- first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
- floristically — In a floristic manner.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
- 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.
- folkloristics — folklore (def 2).
- fonctionnaire — a civil servant
- fons et origo — the source and origin
- food industry — the industry surrounding the production of food
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- 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-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- forementioned — Mentioned earlier or above; already cited.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- form function — (jargon) The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fort moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fort victoria — a former name of Masvingo.
- forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.