13-letter words containing f, i, l, m
- law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
- 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.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- 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.
- 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.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- luminous flux — the rate of transmission of luminous energy: expressed in lumens.
- 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.
- malformations — Plural form of malformation.
- malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- mallow family — the plant family Malvaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having palmately veined, lobed, or compound leaves, sticky juice, often showy five-petaled flowers with stamens united in a column, and fruit in the form of a capsule with several divisions, and including the cotton plant, hibiscus, hollyhock, mallow, okra, and rose of Sharon.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
- maxillofacial — of, relating to, or affecting the jaws and the face: maxillofacial surgery.
- 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.
- microfilarial — relating to, or emanating from, microfilariae
- 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.
- mistrustfully — In a mistrustful manner.
- modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- 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.
- mollification — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
- multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.