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13-letter words containing f, e, l

  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
  • finback whale — rorqual
  • fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
  • finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
  • firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
  • firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
  • first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
  • first refusal — If someone has first refusal on something that is being sold or offered, they have the right to decide whether or not to buy it or take it before it is offered to anyone else.
  • fishing fleet — the boats used in the fishing industry
  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flabbergaster — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
  • flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flashed glass — clear glass flashed with a thin layer of colored glass or a coating of metallic oxide.
  • flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
  • flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
  • flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
  • flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
  • fleet air arm — the aviation branch of the Royal Navy
  • fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • flesh peddler — a prostitute.
  • flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
  • flesh-peddler — an employment agent or agency, especially one that recruits executives.
  • flexible disk — a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
  • flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • flodden field — a hill in Northumberland where invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 and James IV of Scotland was killed
  • flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
  • floor furnace — a small self-contained furnace placed just below the floor of the space to be heated.
  • floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
  • floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
  • floral emblem — a flower or plant serving as the emblem of a city, state, nation, etc.
  • flow cleavage — cleavage resulting from the parallel alignment of the mineral constituents of a rock when in a plastic condition.
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