13-Letter Words Containing: F,O,R,S,P,E,N,T

• a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable

• the state or an instance of being imperfect

• Any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases

• a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards

• the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

• a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

• a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell

• an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo

• an ornamental facade

• front illustration facing the title page of a book