13-letter words containing s, e, r, f, d
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herefordshire — a former county in W England, now part of Hereford and Worscester.
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- indifferences — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- 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.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- mendes-france — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
- off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- 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.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- pressure-feed — a system in which the supply of material is maintained by applied pressure
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- regardless of — in spite of
- ruffed grouse — a North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having a tuft of black feathers on each side of the neck.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- 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
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- 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.
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-coloured — of one color.
- self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.