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13-letter words containing a, f, l, m

  • familiarizing — Present participle of familiarize.
  • family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
  • family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
  • family doctor — a general practitioner.
  • family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
  • family jewels — a man's genitals
  • family values — belief in traditional family unit
  • family-minded — devoted to one's family
  • farm labourer — a person engaged in physical work on a farm
  • farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
  • farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
  • fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
  • fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
  • fatigue limit — the maximum stress to which a material can be subjected without failing.
  • fellow inmate — sb in same prison
  • female condom — a type of condom used by women and inserted into the vagina
  • female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool
  • ferroaluminum — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent aluminum.
  • feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
  • fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
  • field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
  • filamentation — The growth of filaments.
  • film festival — a festival devoted to film
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
  • flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
  • flaminian way — an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.
  • flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
  • fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
  • fleet air arm — the aviation branch of the Royal Navy
  • fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • 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.
  • floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
  • floral emblem — a flower or plant serving as the emblem of a city, state, nation, etc.
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
  • football game — soccer match
  • foramen ovale — the small, oval opening in the wall that separates the atria of the heart in a normal fetus: it allows blood to bypass the nonfunctioning fetal lungs until the time of birth when it gradually closes up
  • foraminiferal — Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous.
  • force a smile — to make oneself smile
  • formal review — (project)   A technical review conducted with the customer including the types of reviews called for in DOD-STD-2167A (Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, etc.)
  • formal system — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
  • formal theory — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
  • formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
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