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13-letter words containing fe

  • fossiliferous — bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
  • 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.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
  • gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
  • gene transfer — Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
  • harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
  • hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
  • hassenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
  • heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
  • heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
  • hubble effect — redshift
  • hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
  • imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
  • imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
  • in-difference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • indifferences — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
  • ineffectively — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
  • inferentially — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
  • inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
  • inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
  • inoffensively — In an inoffensive manner.
  • interferences — Plural form of interference.
  • interferingly — So as to interfere.
  • interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
  • internet café — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
  • internet-cafe — a café, coffee bar, etc., that offers Internet access on its own computers or on customer's laptops, usually for a fee.
  • jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
  • jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
  • john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
  • kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • knife grinder — tool
  • latent defect — hidden fault, undiscovered flaw
  • law of effect — another name for Thorndike's law
  • legal offence — a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment
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