13-letter words containing t, o, f, r, c, e
- country fever — malaria.
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- deflectometer — An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
- ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
- electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
- extractor fan — a fan used in kitchens, bathrooms, workshops, etc, to remove stale air or fumes
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- 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.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- ferroconcrete — reinforced concrete.
- ferroelectric — pertaining to a substance that possesses spontaneous electric polarization such that the polarization can be reversed by an electric field.
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- filter coffee — coffee made by filtering hot water through ground coffee
- filter factor — a number indicating the increased exposure that a particular film should receive when a photograph is taken using a particular filter.
- first officer — first mate.
- flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- fluoroacetate — a toxic chemical compound, C2H2FNaO2, occurring naturally in certain plants, and commonly used as rat poison
- fonctionnaire — a civil servant
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- free electron — an electron that is not attached to an atom or molecule and is free to respond to outside forces.
- 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.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- 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