13-letter words containing f, e, r, o, l, u
- fossiliferous — bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- foursome reel — a lively Scottish dance for two couples who combine in square and circular formations
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- full throttle — used in the phrase at full throttle, at full speed or with great intensity
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
- out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- power failure — electricity outage
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.