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23-letter words containing e, l, f, i

  • to see the light of day — If something sees the light of day at a particular time, it comes into existence or is made known to the public at that time.
  • to take a leap of faith — to risk belief
  • tongass national forest — a temperate rainforest in SE Alaska that also harbors more than two dozen communities, including Juneau: largest US national forest. 17 million acres (69,000 km).
  • tortoiseshell butterfly — any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Nymphalis, and related genera, having orange-brown wings with black markings
  • track and field athlete — a sportsperson who participates in events that involve running, sprinting, throwing, jumping and walking
  • traffic-light labelling — a system of food labelling in which red, amber, and green symbols are used to indicate whether the food contains high, medium, or low amounts of sugar, fat, salt, etc
  • transcendental function — a function that is not an algebraic function.
  • twin-lens reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • ulster defence regiment — a former reserve regiment of the British Army based in Northern Ireland
  • uniform commercial code — a codification of commercial laws designed to provide uniformity among the states
  • united states of brazil — former official name of Brazil.
  • until hell freezes over — If you say that you will do something until hell freezes over, you are emphasizing that you will do it for a very long time or for ever.
  • urea-formaldehyde resin — any of a group of resins formed by the interaction of urea and formaldehyde under conditions that include heat and pH control: used chiefly in the manufacture of buttons, baking enamels, and for making fabrics wrinkle-resistant.
  • user interface language — (language, graphics)   (UIL) A language for specifying widget hierarchies etc. in OSF/Motif and DECwindows.
  • variable life insurance — an insurance policy whose annuity payments or payment to the beneficiary are not fixed but depend on the income earned by the investment of the premiums.
  • velocity of circulation — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.
  • verifiability principle — the doctrine that if a nonanalytic statement is to be cognitively meaningful it must be empirically verifiable.
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