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13-letter words containing s, a, n, r, f

  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • differentials — Plural form of differential.
  • disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
  • disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
  • disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
  • disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
  • disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
  • dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
  • enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
  • factorisation — Alternative spelling of factorization.
  • false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
  • false saffron — a red dye used for cotton and for colouring foods and cosmetics, or a drug obtained from the florets of this plant
  • familiarising — Present participle of familiarise.
  • fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
  • fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
  • farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
  • faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
  • fast ethernet — (networking)   A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. The relevant standards are 100BaseT, 100BaseFX and 100BaseVG.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
  • fat electrons — (electronics, humour)   Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
  • favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
  • featherbrains — Plural form of featherbrain.
  • febrifacients — Plural form of febrifacient.
  • fermentations — Plural form of fermentation.
  • fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
  • file transfer — (networking)   Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
  • fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour)   A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
  • finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
  • first baseman — the player whose position is first base.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • fish geranium — zonal geranium.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
  • fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
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