13-letter words containing f, i, l, n, g, e
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
- plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- return flight — a flight going back
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-cleaning — an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
- self-defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- 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-limiting — limiting oneself or itself: a self-limiting authority.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
- self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- selling floor — floor (def 10).
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
- tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
- unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- uniflagellate — having only one flagellum.
- vcc filtering — (electronics) A technique for reducing the amount of Radio Frequency Interference spread via power supply connections. VCC is a common name for the non-ground power supply line in circuits based on bipolar transistors. When part of a circuit generates lots of radio-frequency noise, that portion of the power plane can be isolated from the rest of the circuit and power delivered to it via a low pass filter, usually a PI filter, as shown in the diagram below.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells