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13-letter words containing f, e, b, l

  • labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
  • liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
  • microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
  • midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
  • movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
  • myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
  • myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
  • new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
  • nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
  • non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
  • nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
  • nondiffusible — not diffusible
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • oblique fault — a fault that runs obliquely to, rather than parallel to or perpendicular to, the strike of the affected rocks
  • oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • public office — position in government
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • 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.
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • 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-assembly — Self-assembly is used to refer to furniture and other goods that you buy in parts and that you have to put together yourself.
  • self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
  • self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
  • self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • self-obsessed — If you describe someone as self-obsessed, you are criticizing them for spending too much time thinking about themselves or their own problems.
  • semi-flexible — partially flexible; involving or possessing some flexibility
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the beautiful — the quality of beauty
  • transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
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