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13-letter words containing a, l, i, e, f

  • miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
  • misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
  • 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.
  • monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
  • multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
  • multifilament — having two or more filaments: multifilament yarn.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • myrtle family — the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.
  • naval officer — member of navy staff
  • negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
  • nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
  • neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
  • never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
  • new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
  • oblique fault — a fault that runs obliquely to, rather than parallel to or perpendicular to, the strike of the affected rocks
  • of a lifetime — unique and special
  • off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • 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).
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • pacific plate — Geology. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth's crust, comprising four sea-floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western Pacific Ocean by a series of major ocean deeps, including the Kuril, Japan, Mariana, Kermadec, and Tonga trenches.
  • palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
  • 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.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
  • physical file — (file system)   A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
  • point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
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