13-letter words containing a, f, l
- rational form — a quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
- refamiliarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- referentially — having reference: referential to something.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- regardless of — in spite of
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- sacrificially — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
- safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
- sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
- sales leaflet — a leaflet or brochure used by a company to promote its goods, products, or services to the public
- san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sassafras oil — a yellowish or reddish-yellow, aromatic volatile oil distilled from sassafras root, used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine.
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
- self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- self-analysis — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
- self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence