13-letter words containing f, i, l, e
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- like-for-like — (of a comparison, figures, statistics) that measure identical things, the same period in different years, etc
- linden family — the plant family Tiliaceae, characterized by deciduous trees or shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, fibrous bark, fragrant flowers, and dry, woody fruit, and including the basswood, jute, and linden.
- line of force — an imaginary line representing a field of force, such as an electric or magnetic field, such that the tangent at any point is the direction of the field vector at that point
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- lines of code — (programming, unit) (LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC; or one can characterise a week's progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines.
- lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- little alfold — a plain in NW Hungary and S Slovakia.
- little finger — the finger farthest from the thumb, the smallest of the five fingers.
- little office — (sometimes initial capital letters) Roman Catholic Church. an office similar to but shorter than the divine office, in honor of a saint, a mystery, or, especially, the Virgin Mary.
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- lose sight of — no longer see
- lucifer match — friction match.
- madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- mellification — the production of honey from nectar
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
- metal fatigue — a weakening and breaking of metal due to it bending and flexing
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- middle finger — the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
- middle french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- mille-feuille — napoleon (def 1).
- millefeuilles — Plural form of millefeuille.
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.