13-letter words containing f, e, a, r, l
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- power failure — electricity outage
- preferability — more desirable.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rat-tail file — a long, narrow file having a circular cross section.
- refamiliarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- referentially — having reference: referential to something.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- 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.
- 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
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- regardless of — in spite of
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
- sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.