13-letter words containing f, e, l
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perl profiler — (tool) (pprof) A tool by Anthony Iano-Fletcher of Nottingham University, UK to profile, and collate data from, Perl scripts. Version: 1? Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
- 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.
- play the fool — behave in a silly way
- playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- police office — a geographical administrative division within an area patrolled by a police force
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- power failure — electricity outage
- preferability — more desirable.
- preferred lie — a nearby position for a ball preferable to that where it actually landed and to which repositioning is sometimes allowed without loss of a stroke or strokes to the player.
- 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.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- public office — position in government
- pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- 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.
- recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
- reel of three — (in Scottish country dancing) a figure-of-eight movement danced by three people
- refamiliarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- referentially — having reference: referential to something.