13-letter words containing t, r, e, n, s
- ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
- fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
- festschriften — Plural form of festschrift.
- file transfer — (networking) Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- fill her tins — to complete a home baking of cakes, biscuits, etc
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- first baseman — the player whose position is first base.
- first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- first-nighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- foerstner bit — a bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim rather than from the center to permit it to enter the wood at an oblique angle.
- fons et origo — the source and origin
- for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foreshortened — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten.
- forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- forgottenness — the status of being forgotten
- fort donelson — Fort Donelson.
- 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.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fortunateness — The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
- forty-seventh — next after the forty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 47.
- foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- 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.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- 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
- fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.