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13-letter words containing f, l, e, t, y

  • heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
  • helen of troy — Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
  • high fidelity — sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
  • ineffectively — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • inefficiently — not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
  • infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
  • inferentially — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
  • inflexibility — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
  • influentially — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
  • informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • interferingly — So as to interfere.
  • isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
  • magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
  • methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
  • myrtle family — the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.
  • nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
  • owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • play the fool — behave in a silly way
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • referentially — having reference: referential to something.
  • reflectometry — the study or science of reflectometer usage and design
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • self-flattery — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
  • self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
  • self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
  • self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • stanley falls — series of seven cataracts of the upper Congo River, just south of Kisangani
  • stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
  • state of play — current situation
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • teasel family — the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • unbeautifully — in a unbeautiful or unattractive manner
  • unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
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