13-letter words containing t, o, r, f
- carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- certificatory — Serving to certify something.
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coffee filter — a paper filter used when making coffee
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
- come to grief — If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
- comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- common factor — a number or quantity that is a factor of each member of a group of numbers or quantities
- common rafter — a rafter having no function other than to bear roofing.
- computer file — file
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confarreation — (in ancient Rome) the highest form of marriage, which was marked by the offering of a cake to Jupiter
- confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
- confectioners — Plural form of confectioner.
- confectionery — Confectionery is sweets and chocolates.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- configurating — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configuration — A configuration is an arrangement of a group of things.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confirmations — Plural form of confirmation.
- conflagration — A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conformations — Plural form of conformation.
- confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
- confrontation — A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- contrafactual — counterfactual.
- contrafagotto — a contrabassoon
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- cornification — the process of producing a horn or horny substance
- corrie-fisted — left-handed
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- count rumford — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- 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