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

  • leg-of-mutton — having the triangular shape of a leg of mutton: leg-of-mutton sail; a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves.
  • legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
  • let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
  • lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • life instinct — suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
  • life interest — interest on property that is payable during the owner's lifetime but cannot be passed on to another or others after his or her death.
  • life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
  • 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.
  • lifted domain — (theory)   In domain theory, a domain with a new bottom element added. Given a domain D, the lifted domain, lift D contains an element lift d corresponding to each element d in D with the same ordering as in D and a new element bottom which is less than every other element in lift D. In functional languages, a lifted domain can be used to model a constructed type, e.g. the type data LiftedInt = K Int contains the values K minint .. K maxint and K bottom, corresponding to the values in Int, and a new value bottom. This denotes the fact that when computing a value v = (K n) the computation of either n or v may fail to terminate yielding the values (K bottom) or bottom respectively. (In LaTeX, a lifted domain or element is indicated by a subscript \perp). See also tuple.
  • lighter flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
  • line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
  • liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • little alfold — a plain in NW Hungary and S Slovakia.
  • little finger — the finger farthest from the thumb, the smallest of the five fingers.
  • little office — (sometimes initial capital letters) Roman Catholic Church. an office similar to but shorter than the divine office, in honor of a saint, a mystery, or, especially, the Virgin Mary.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
  • lorentz force — the force on a charged particle moving through a region containing both electric and magnetic fields.
  • lose sight of — no longer see
  • lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
  • magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
  • make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
  • mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
  • masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
  • materfamilias — the mother of a family.
  • matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
  • mellification — the production of honey from nectar
  • merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
  • metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
  • metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
  • metal fatigue — a weakening and breaking of metal due to it bending and flexing
  • metalcrafting — metalworking.
  • metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
  • methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
  • microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
  • miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
  • mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
  • monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
  • mother of all — a female parent.
  • movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
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