13-letter words containing d, e, f, l, a
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- female condom — a type of condom used by women and inserted into the vagina
- female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
- fiddle-faddle — nonsense.
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- field glasses — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- field-glasses — Field-glasses are the same as binoculars.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
- firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
- fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flashed glass — clear glass flashed with a thin layer of colored glass or a coating of metallic oxide.
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
- flower garden — plot for flowers
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- for dear life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- 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.
- fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
- freckle-faced — having a face conspicuously covered with freckles.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface