13-letter words containing f, e, t, l
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
- effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
- electric fire — a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
- electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
- electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- enrolment fee — the amount of money payable when you enrol on a course, at a university, etc
- epileptic fit — a sudden attack of epilepsy, involving loss of consciousness with or without convulsions
- extrafamilial — Outside a family.
- fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- faith healing — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faithlessness — The quality of being faithless.
- falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
- fallibilities — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
- fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
- fat electrons — (electronics, humour) Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
- father lasher — a large sea scorpion, Myoxocephalus scorpius, occurring in British and European coastal waters
- father-in-law — the father of one's husband or wife.
- fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
- fatigue limit — the maximum stress to which a material can be subjected without failing.
- fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
- fault current — A fault current is a current that results from a fault.
- faultlessness — The quality of being faultless; the absence of faults.
- feasibilities — Plural form of feasibility.
- feast of lots — Purim.
- featurelessly — In a featureless way; without features.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- fee-splitting — the practice of dividing a fee for professional services between two professional persons, as between a referring doctor and a specialist, without the knowledge of the client.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.