13-letter words containing t, e, n, d, r, f
- fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- friction feed — (printer) A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- genetic drift — random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.
- grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- 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
- indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- overconfident — too confident.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- 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.
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- 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
- self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- transfer desk — the place in an airport where you arrange a transfer from one flight to another
- turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
- underinflated — lacking sufficient air pressure
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- unelectrified — not powered by electricity
- unfenestrated — having windows; windowed; characterized by windows.
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- untransferred — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.