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13-letter words containing t, f, o, r

  • frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
  • frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
  • frontopalatal — articulated with the portion of the tongue that is just behind the tip touching or near the alveolar ridge and hard palate, as ( (ʃ) ; sh) ) and (; ʒ) ; zh) )
  • frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
  • frozen assets — business assets that are not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
  • frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
  • fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
  • frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
  • frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
  • fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
  • full throttle — used in the phrase at full throttle, at full speed or with great intensity
  • full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
  • funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
  • function room — a room designated for official or formal social gatherings or ceremonies
  • function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
  • go to bat for — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory)   (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
  • graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
  • habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
  • half-marathon — running: 13-mile footrace
  • hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
  • head of water — a quantity of water
  • heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
  • helen of troy — Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
  • hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
  • hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
  • home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
  • horrification — That which causes horror.
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • image formats — (graphics, file format)   There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
  • import tariff — a tax or duty imposed on imported goods
  • in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
  • in respect of — with regard, with reference
  • inertia force — an imaginary force supposed to act upon an accelerated body, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant of the real forces
  • inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
  • inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
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