13-letter words containing f, e, r, n, l
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- free electron — an electron that is not attached to an atom or molecule and is free to respond to outside forces.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-wheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- french letter — a condom.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- friendly fire — Insurance. a fire deliberately set and remaining contained, as in a fireplace or boiler, from which any resulting loss cannot be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to hostile fire).
- frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- frise aileron — an aircraft wing control surface designed with its leading edge extending forward of its axis of rotation so that when the aileron's trailing edge is raised the leading edge extends below the bottom surface of the wing.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- helen of troy — Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.