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13-letter words containing f, l, o, r, b

  • flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
  • fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
  • funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory)   (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
  • inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
  • labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
  • myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
  • myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
  • myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
  • non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • 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.
  • orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
  • 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.
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
  • self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
  • sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
  • transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • tubuliflorous — having the corolla tubular in all the perfect flowers of a head, as certain composite plants.
  • umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
  • umbraculiform — umbrella-shaped
  • uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.
  • unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
  • unenforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • unforeseeable — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
  • unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
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