13-letter words containing s, f, e, r
- class warfare — conflict, tension between social classes
- class-warfare — Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- confectioners — Plural form of confectioner.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
- confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
- confirmedness — The quality of being confirmed.
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- corrie-fisted — left-handed
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
- counteroffers — Plural form of counteroffer.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- crested swift — any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.
- cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cyberfeminism — A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
- data transfer — (data) Copying or moving data from one place to another, typically via some kind of network (e.g. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, File Transfer Protocol) or local data connection (bus, SCSI, IDE, SATA).
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
- deed of trust — a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee, such as a bank, often for the purpose of securing a mortgage or promissory note.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defenestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate.
- defenestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate.
- defervescence — the abatement of a fever
- defervescency — Alternative form of defervescence.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- dehumidifiers — Plural form of dehumidifier.
- dessert knife — a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- dewar (flask) — a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- differentness — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.