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13-letter words containing a, l, t, i

  • fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
  • fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
  • foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
  • fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
  • fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
  • fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
  • fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
  • fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
  • frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
  • franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
  • free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
  • funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
  • functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionalize — to make functional.
  • fusarium wilt — a disease of plants, characterized by damping-off, wilting, and a brown dry rot, caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium.
  • fusible metal — any of various alloys, as of bismuth, lead, and tin, that melt at temperatures as low as 160°F (70°C), making them useful in various safety devices.
  • futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
  • galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
  • galactic pole — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
  • galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
  • galactosaemia — Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
  • galactosaemic — of, relating to, or affected by galactosaemia
  • galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
  • galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
  • galvanization — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • gas:oil ratio — The gas:oil ratio is the volume of gas produced at standard temperature and pressure, in relation to the volume of oil produced at standard temperature and pressure, used as a measurement for reservoir fluids.
  • gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • generation xl — overweight children or young adults of the generation that spends a great deal of time on sedentary pursuits such as surfing the internet and playing computer games
  • genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
  • genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
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