13-letter words containing f, e, r, o, l
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
- isle of capri — Capri.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- life of riley — a carefree, comfortable, and thoroughly enjoyable way of living: Since winning the lottery, he's led the life of Riley.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- like-for-like — (of a comparison, figures, statistics) that measure identical things, the same period in different years, etc
- line of force — an imaginary line representing a field of force, such as an electric or magnetic field, such that the tangent at any point is the direction of the field vector at that point
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- lorentz force — the force on a charged particle moving through a region containing both electric and magnetic fields.
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- love for love — a comedy (1695) by William Congreve.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- mother of all — a female parent.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- never offline — (software) (NOL) /noh-el/ A software service provided by America's Multimedia Online that allows Internet users to be constantly connected to the Internet.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.