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

  • fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
  • fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
  • fat electrons — (electronics, humour)   Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
  • fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
  • feast of lots — Purim.
  • federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
  • fellow inmate — sb in same prison
  • ferroelectric — pertaining to a substance that possesses spontaneous electric polarization such that the polarization can be reversed by an electric field.
  • fertilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of 'fertilization'.
  • fertilization — an act, process, or instance of fertilizing.
  • festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
  • festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
  • feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
  • feuilletonism — The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
  • feuilletonist — a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • fictionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize.
  • fiddle-footed — restlessly wandering.
  • fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
  • filamentation — The growth of filaments.
  • filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
  • fill-out form — (programming)   A type of user interface used, for example, on the web, to organise a set of questions or options for the user so that it resembles a traditional paper form that is filled out. Typical query types are: fill-in-the-blank (text), menu of options, select zero or more, or select exactly one ("radio buttons"). Most web browsers support fill-out forms. Overview.
  • filter coffee — coffee made by filtering hot water through ground coffee
  • filter factor — a number indicating the increased exposure that a particular film should receive when a photograph is taken using a particular filter.
  • final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
  • first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
  • flag football — a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
  • flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
  • flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
  • flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
  • 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.
  • floating gang — a group of railroad workers who service or repair the track but are not assigned to a particular section.
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • floccillation — a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers.
  • 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
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