13-letter words containing a, l, f, r, n
- interfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- 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.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- malformations — Plural form of malformation.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- niagara falls — the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nonartificial — Not artificial.
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- one-room flat — a studio flat in which the bedroom, sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
- orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.