13-letter words containing l, o, f, t, e
- 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.
- relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- 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.
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
- right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- state of play — current situation
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- take leave of — to say goodbye to
- tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- teofilo otoni — a city in E central Brazil.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of