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13-letter words containing f, o, l, s

  • frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
  • frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
  • frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
  • full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
  • gallows frame — headframe.
  • game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
  • goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gulf of gabès — an inlet of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia
  • gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
  • 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 volos — an inlet of the Aegean in east central Greece
  • 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-scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
  • halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
  • hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hyposulfurous — of or derived from hyposulfurous acid.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
  • infiltrations — Plural form of infiltration.
  • inflammations — Plural form of inflammation.
  • inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • informercials — Plural form of informercial.
  • infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
  • inoffensively — In an inoffensive manner.
  • islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
  • isle of capri — Capri.
  • isle of pines — Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
  • isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
  • isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
  • japanese wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus hodophylax, of Japan.
  • kalambo falls — an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b.p. and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic, or Acheulean, humans.
  • killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
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