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13-letter words containing i, l, f, a, t

  • olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
  • 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.
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
  • overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • pacific plate — Geology. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth's crust, comprising four sea-floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western Pacific Ocean by a series of major ocean deeps, including the Kuril, Japan, Mariana, Kermadec, and Tonga trenches.
  • palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
  • palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
  • point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
  • pontificality — a priestly role or office
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
  • 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.
  • raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
  • railroad flat — an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line.
  • rat-tail file — a long, narrow file having a circular cross section.
  • rational form — a quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
  • referentially — having reference: referential to something.
  • reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
  • refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • 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.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
  • sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
  • self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
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