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13-letter words containing f, l, e, c

  • 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.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • mellification — the production of honey from nectar
  • merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
  • metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
  • metalcrafting — metalworking.
  • 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 french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
  • 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.
  • multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
  • myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
  • naval officer — member of navy staff
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • non-inflected — to modulate (the voice).
  • nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
  • nonreflective — Not reflective.
  • nuclear force — strong interaction
  • office-holder — An office-holder is a person who has an important official position in an organization or government.
  • officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
  • olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
  • olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
  • on reflection — second thoughts
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • pacific plate — Geology. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth's crust, comprising four sea-floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western Pacific Ocean by a series of major ocean deeps, including the Kuril, Japan, Mariana, Kermadec, and Tonga trenches.
  • pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • physical file — (file system)   A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
  • pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
  • pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • police office — a geographical administrative division within an area patrolled by a police force
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • public office — position in government
  • qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
  • raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
  • recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • reflectometer — a device for measuring reflectance.
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