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13-letter words containing f, l, u, r, i

  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
  • infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
  • liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
  • midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
  • 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.
  • mistrustfully — In a mistrustful manner.
  • multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
  • multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
  • off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
  • out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • 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.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • return flight — a flight going back
  • sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
  • school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
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