13-letter words containing f, r, o, l, i, c
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
- focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- folkloristics — folklore (def 2).
- force a smile — to make oneself smile
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- formulaically — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- honorifically — In a honorific manner.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
- isle of capri — Capri.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- line of force — an imaginary line representing a field of force, such as an electric or magnetic field, such that the tangent at any point is the direction of the field vector at that point
- matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilarial — relating to, or emanating from, microfilariae
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
- myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nonartificial — Not artificial.
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- office-holder — An office-holder is a person who has an important official position in an organization or government.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.