13-letter words containing f, i, e, l
- infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
- inferentially — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
- inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
- infiltrometer — a device used to measure the infiltration capacity of a soil.
- infinite loop — (programming) (Or "endless loop") Where a piece of program is executed repeatedly with no hope of stopping. This is nearly always because of a bug, e.g. if the condition for exiting the loop is wrong, though it may be intentional if the program is controlling an embedded system which is supposed to run continuously until it is turned off. The programmer may also intend the program to run until interrupted by the user. An endless loop may also be used as a last-resort error handler when no other action is appropriate. This is used in some operating system kernels following a panic. A program executing an infinite loop is said to spin or buzz forever and goes catatonic. The program is "wound around the axle". A standard joke has been made about each generation's exemplar of the ultra-fast machine: "The Cray-3 is so fast it can execute an infinite loop in under 2 seconds!" See also black hole, recursion, infinite loop.
- infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
- inflexibility — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
- influenceable — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- influentially — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- inoffensively — In an inoffensive manner.
- interfaceable — Capable of being interfaced.
- interfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- interferingly — So as to interfere.
- intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- isle of pines — Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
- isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
- jellification — The process or result of jellifying.
- john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- laissez-faire — of, relating to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire.
- landfill site — also landfill
- landing field — an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- leaf gelatine — gelatine in the form of thin sheets
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- life instinct — suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
- life interest — interest on property that is payable during the owner's lifetime but cannot be passed on to another or others after his or her death.
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- life of riley — a carefree, comfortable, and thoroughly enjoyable way of living: Since winning the lottery, he's led the life of Riley.
- life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
- life-changing — having major impact on sb
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- 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 flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel