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

  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
  • gulf of gabès — an inlet of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia
  • gulf of papua — an inlet of the Coral Sea in the SE coast of New Guinea
  • gulf of saros — an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • gulf-of-saros — Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • half measures — inadequate measures or actions
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
  • halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
  • healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • iguassu falls — a waterfall on the Iguassú River, on the boundary between Brazil and Argentina. 210 feet (64 meters) high.
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • 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.
  • ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • influenceable — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • influentially — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
  • infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
  • laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
  • law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
  • legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
  • liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
  • lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • liquification — Alternative form of liquefaction.
  • long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
  • magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
  • malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
  • masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
  • metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
  • metal fatigue — a weakening and breaking of metal due to it bending and flexing
  • metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
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