13-letter words containing a, l, t, c, i, f
- jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- liquification — Alternative form of liquefaction.
- lithification — the process or processes by which unconsolidated materials are converted into coherent solid rock, as by compaction or cementation.
- logical shift — (programming) (Either shift left logical or shift right logical) Machine-level operations available on nearly all processors which move each bit in a word one or more bit positions in the given direction. A left shift moves the bits to more significant positions (like multiplying by two), a right shift moves them to less significant positions (like dividing by two). The comparison with multiplication and division breaks down in certain circumstances - a logical shift may discard bits that are shifted off either end of the word and does not preserve the sign of the word (positive or negative). Logical shift is approriate when treating the word as a bit string or a sequence of bit fields, whereas arithmetic shift is appropriate when treating it as a binary number. The word to be shifted is usually stored in a register, or possibly in memory.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
- mellification — the production of honey from nectar
- metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- mollification — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
- multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
- nonartificial — Not artificial.
- nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
- nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
- olfactologist — a medical specialist in the sense of smell
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
- patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- pontificality — a priestly role or office
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- 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
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.