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12-letter words containing f, e, r, a, l

  • irrefragable — not to be disputed or contested.
  • irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
  • isapi filter — (web)   A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
  • jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
  • labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
  • laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
  • lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
  • lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
  • leaf warbler — any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees.
  • leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
  • leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • left bracket — (character)   "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
  • left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
  • life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
  • life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
  • lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
  • live in fear — You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
  • loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • married life — living as sb's spouse
  • mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
  • mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
  • multifurcate — forked; branching.
  • nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
  • nuclear fuel — Physics. fissile or fertile material that undergoes fission in a nuclear reactor.
  • nuclear-free — A nuclear-free place is a place where nuclear energy or nuclear weapons are forbidden.
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
  • olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • overclassify — to classify to excess
  • overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
  • parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
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