13-letter words containing f, e, t, l, d
- feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fiddle-footed — restlessly wandering.
- fiddlesticks! — an expression of annoyance or disagreement
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- field cricket — any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- 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.
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- 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
- flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
- 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.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- fort donelson — Fort Donelson.
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- 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.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- get a load of — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- 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.
- halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
- high fidelity — sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- 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.