13-letter words containing a, l, d, i, n
- fault-finding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
- 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.
- fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
- final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- guanylic acid — GMP.
- h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- half-finished — ended or completed.
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- head linesman — an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane