13-letter words containing l, a, d
- final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
- firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
- fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flash-forward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flashed glass — clear glass flashed with a thin layer of colored glass or a coating of metallic oxide.
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
- flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flower garden — plot for flowers
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- for dear life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- forward slash — a short oblique stroke (/), or slash, especially one used in computer programming or to specify an Internet address or computer filename.
- fouta djallon — a highland pastoral region in West Africa, in central Guinea, also in Sierra Leone and Liberia. 30,000 sq. mi. (77,700 sq. km).
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
- fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
- freckle-faced — having a face conspicuously covered with freckles.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
- fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
- gelada baboon — a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
- gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.