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13-letter words containing a, l, o, f, p

  • 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.
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
  • palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • 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.
  • patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
  • 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.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • play the fool — behave in a silly way
  • 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.
  • pontificality — a priestly role or office
  • popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • proposal form — a form filled out by a person applying for insurance
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • special offer — bargain
  • state of play — current situation
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
  • unperformable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
  • vale of tempe — a wooded valley in E Greece, in Thessaly between the mountains Olympus and Ossa
  • visual foxpro — (database)   A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
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