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13-letter words containing a, c, o, e, l

  • episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
  • equimolecular — (chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds).
  • equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
  • equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
  • ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
  • escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.
  • eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
  • eschscholzias — Plural form of eschscholzia.
  • ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
  • ethologically — In an ethological manner.
  • ethyl alcohol — ethanol, alcohol
  • etiologically — In an etiological manner; determined on an etiological basis.
  • exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
  • exceptionally — To a greater degree than normal; unusually.
  • exclamational — Relating to, or having the form of, an exclamation.
  • excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
  • exobiological — Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
  • expectational — of or relating to an expectation or expectations
  • explicitation — (rare, possibly nonstandard) The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.
  • extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
  • extratropical — Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
  • factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
  • facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
  • falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
  • false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
  • false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
  • fat electrons — (electronics, humour)   Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
  • federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
  • feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
  • felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
  • female condom — a type of condom used by women and inserted into the vagina
  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • fictionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize.
  • filter factor — a number indicating the increased exposure that a particular film should receive when a photograph is taken using a particular filter.
  • firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
  • floor furnace — a small self-contained furnace placed just below the floor of the space to be heated.
  • flow cleavage — cleavage resulting from the parallel alignment of the mineral constituents of a rock when in a plastic condition.
  • fluoroacetate — a toxic chemical compound, C2H2FNaO2, occurring naturally in certain plants, and commonly used as rat poison
  • focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
  • force a smile — to make oneself smile
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
  • fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
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