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13-letter words containing a, d, f, i

  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
  • indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • indemnifiable — Something suitable for indemnification.
  • infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
  • infrared star — a star radiating strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • korf, richard — Richard Korf
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
  • landing field — an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • life-or-death — life-and-death.
  • lifted domain — (theory)   In domain theory, a domain with a new bottom element added. Given a domain D, the lifted domain, lift D contains an element lift d corresponding to each element d in D with the same ordering as in D and a new element bottom which is less than every other element in lift D. In functional languages, a lifted domain can be used to model a constructed type, e.g. the type data LiftedInt = K Int contains the values K minint .. K maxint and K bottom, corresponding to the values in Int, and a new value bottom. This denotes the fact that when computing a value v = (K n) the computation of either n or v may fail to terminate yielding the values (K bottom) or bottom respectively. (In LaTeX, a lifted domain or element is indicated by a subscript \perp). See also tuple.
  • linden family — the plant family Tiliaceae, characterized by deciduous trees or shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, fibrous bark, fragrant flowers, and dry, woody fruit, and including the basswood, jute, and linden.
  • little alfold — a plain in NW Hungary and S Slovakia.
  • madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
  • maid of honor — an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
  • misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
  • mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
  • modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
  • modifications — Plural form of modification.
  • multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
  • mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
  • new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
  • non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
  • nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • one of a kind — sb or sth unique
  • one-of-a-kind — unique
  • orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
  • peace of mind — reassurance
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • porfirio diaz — (Josédela Cruz) Porfirio [haw-se th e lah kroos pawr-fee-ryaw] /hɔˈsɛ ðɛ lɑ ˈkrus pɔrˈfi ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, president of Mexico 1877–80, 1884–1911.
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