13-letter words containing f, e, l
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- eff and blind — to use obscene language
- effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
- electric fire — a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
- electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
- electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- enfield rifle — a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries
- enjoy oneself — to have a good time
- enrolment fee — the amount of money payable when you enrol on a course, at a university, etc
- epileptic fit — a sudden attack of epilepsy, involving loss of consciousness with or without convulsions
- express rifle — a high-velocity hunting rifle for big game shooting
- extrafamilial — Outside a family.
- f.w. de klerk — Frederik Willem, born 1936, South African political leader: president 1989–94; Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
- fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- facial eczema — a disease of sheep and cattle, occurring in warm areas of North Island, New Zealand. It is caused by a fungus, Pithomyces chartarum, and causes impairment of liver function and reddening, itching, scab formation, and swelling of the skin, esp on the face
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- faith healing — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faithlessness — The quality of being faithless.
- falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
- fallibilities — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- false bulrush — a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae
- false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
- false saffron — a red dye used for cotton and for colouring foods and cosmetics, or a drug obtained from the florets of this plant
- false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family jewels — a man's genitals
- family values — belief in traditional family unit
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
- fare-you-well — a state of perfection: The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
- farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
- farm labourer — a person engaged in physical work on a farm