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13-letter words containing f, e, t, o, l

  • refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • retroflection — a bending backward.
  • right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
  • right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
  • rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
  • staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
  • state of play — current situation
  • stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
  • sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • take leave of — to say goodbye to
  • tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • teofilo otoni — a city in E central Brazil.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • think less of — to have a lower opinion of
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