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13-letter words containing f, e, t, i, d, l

  • fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
  • filter feeder — an aquatic animal that feeds on particles or small organisms strained out of water by circulating them through its system: includes most of the stationary feeders, as clams, oysters, barnacles, corals, sea squirts, and sponges.
  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
  • flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
  • fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • high fidelity — sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • life-or-death — life-and-death.
  • lifted domain — (theory)   In domain theory, a domain with a new bottom element added. Given a domain D, the lifted domain, lift D contains an element lift d corresponding to each element d in D with the same ordering as in D and a new element bottom which is less than every other element in lift D. In functional languages, a lifted domain can be used to model a constructed type, e.g. the type data LiftedInt = K Int contains the values K minint .. K maxint and K bottom, corresponding to the values in Int, and a new value bottom. This denotes the fact that when computing a value v = (K n) the computation of either n or v may fail to terminate yielding the values (K bottom) or bottom respectively. (In LaTeX, a lifted domain or element is indicated by a subscript \perp). See also tuple.
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • little alfold — a plain in NW Hungary and S Slovakia.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
  • non-inflected — to modulate (the voice).
  • nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • 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.
  • on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
  • self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
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