13-letter words containing f, l, u, r
- gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
- gulf of saros — an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- gulf-of-saros — Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hyposulfurous — of or derived from hyposulfurous 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.
- lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
- 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.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- 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.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- 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.
- masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
- 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.
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- 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.