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13-letter words containing f

  • counterreform — a reform which opposes or acts against another reform
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • country fever — malaria.
  • county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
  • covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
  • cowboy outfit — an outfit consisting of a cowboy hat, fringed waistcoat, trousers, scarf etc, worn either by children or adults
  • crack of dawn — the very instant that the sun rises
  • crack of doom — doomsday; the end of the world; the Day of Judgment
  • craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
  • craftsmanship — Craftsmanship is the skill that someone uses when they make beautiful things with their hands.
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
  • creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
  • creme fraiche — Crème fraiche is a type of thick, slightly sour cream.
  • crested swift — any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.
  • crime-fighter — any person, as a law-enforcement officer or government official, who works to prevent crime or to enforce criminal laws.
  • crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
  • cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
  • cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
  • cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
  • crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
  • crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
  • cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
  • culture fluid — the fluid used as a medium for growing microorganisms
  • cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
  • curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
  • customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
  • cut-off point — the limit at which something is no longer applicable
  • cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
  • cutting fluid — a liquid or gas for cooling or lubricating a cutting tool and a piece of work at their point of contact.
  • cyberfeminism — A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
  • cyclone fence — a heavy-duty, chain-link fence, usually high and often topped with barbed wire
  • cycloolefinic — of or like a cycloolefin
  • cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
  • dairy factory — a factory making butter, cheese, lactose, etc from milk collected from surrounding farming areas
  • dairy farming — the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
  • damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
  • dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
  • data transfer — (data)   Copying or moving data from one place to another, typically via some kind of network (e.g. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, File Transfer Protocol) or local data connection (bus, SCSI, IDE, SATA).
  • date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
  • day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
  • day of infamy — December 7, 1941, on which Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II: so referred to by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech to Congress the next day, asking for a declaration of war on Japan.
  • days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
  • deaf-and-dumb — unable to hear or speak
  • dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court
  • death benefit — the benefit payable if the holder of a life insurance policy dies before the policy matures
  • death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
  • debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
  • decaffeinated — Decaffeinated coffee has had most of the caffeine removed from it.
  • deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
  • declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
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