13-letter words containing f, i, l
- claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- classified ad — Classified ads or classified advertisements are small advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. They are usually from a person or small company.
- cliff dweller — (usually initial capital letter) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
- cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
- cliff-dweller — a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves
- cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
- climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
- climbing fish — an Asian labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, that resembles a perch and can travel over land on its spiny gill covers and pectoral fins
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
- coffee filter — a paper filter used when making coffee
- colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
- columelliform — like a columella.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- computer file — file
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confessionals — Plural form of confessional.
- confiscatable — confiscable
- conflagration — A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conflictingly — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
- conflictions' — 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.
- confoundingly — in a confounding manner
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- corollifloral — relating to, or belonging to, a subclass of plants known as Corolliflorae, which have gamopetalous corolla and stamens attached to the corolla
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- culture fluid — the fluid used as a medium for growing microorganisms
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cutting fluid — a liquid or gas for cooling or lubricating a cutting tool and a piece of work at their point of contact.
- cycloolefinic — of or like a cycloolefin
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court
- deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.