13-letter words containing f, a, r, i, e, l
- force a smile — to make oneself smile
- formal review — (project) A technical review conducted with the customer including the types of reviews called for in DOD-STD-2167A (Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, etc.)
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- 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.
- 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)
- free variable — (in functional calculus) a variable occurring in a sentential function and not within the scope of any quantifier containing it.
- 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
- 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.
- frise aileron — an aircraft wing control surface designed with its leading edge extending forward of its axis of rotation so that when the aileron's trailing edge is raised the leading edge extends below the bottom surface of the wing.
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- inferentially — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
- inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- interfaceable — Capable of being interfaced.
- interfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- laissez-faire — of, relating to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lucifer match — friction match.