13-letter words containing f, e, l
- cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
- culture fluid — the fluid used as a medium for growing microorganisms
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- cyclone fence — a heavy-duty, chain-link fence, usually high and often topped with barbed wire
- cycloolefinic — of or like a cycloolefin
- dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court
- deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- deconflicting — Present participle of deconflict.
- deconfliction — The act or process of deconflicting.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defamiliarize — to make (something well-known or well-established) seem unfamiliar, strange, disconcerting, etc., as in order to reinterpret or subvert it
- default route — (networking) A routing table entry which is used to direct packets addressed to hosts or networks not explicitly listed in the routing table.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defectibility — the ability to become defectible
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- defenselessly — In a defenseless manner.
- defensibility — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- defibrillated — Simple past tense and past participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
- deflectometer — An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- deformational — of or relating to deformation
- delirifacient — anything that causes or induces delirium
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- dewar (flask) — a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- difficultness — The state or quality of being difficult.
- digital frame — a picture frame containing an LCD screen that is used to display digital photos: Download pictures to your digital frame directly from your camera's memory card.
- disaffiliated — Simple past tense and past participle of disaffiliate.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- disfellowship — (in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diving reflex — a reflex of humans, other mammals, reptiles, and birds, triggered by immersion in cold water, that slows the heart rate and diverts blood flow to the brain, heart, and lungs: serves to conserve oxygen until breathing resumes and to delay potential brain damage.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- double-figure — double-digit.
- dumbfoundedly — In a dumbfounded manner.