13-letter words containing l, o, f, t
- flood control — the act or technique of controlling river flow with dams, dikes, artificial channels, etc., so as to minimize the occurrence of floods.
- floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- floor-through — occupying the entire depth of a building: a floor-through apartment.
- floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
- floristically — In a floristic manner.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- flow function — The flow function is the relationship between the strength of a compact and the degree of compaction.
- flower beetle — any of numerous, usually brightly colored beetles, as of the families Malachiidae and Dasytidae, that live on flowers and are predaceous on other insects.
- fluctuational — Of, pertaining to, or resulting from fluctuation(s).
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- fluoroacetate — a toxic chemical compound, C2H2FNaO2, occurring naturally in certain plants, and commonly used as rat poison
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
- fold function — (programming) In functional programming, fold or "reduce" is a kind of higher-order function that takes as arguments a function, an initial "accumulator" value and a data structure (often a list). In Haskell, the two flavours of fold for lists, called foldl and foldr are defined like this: foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a foldl f z [] = z foldl f z (x:xs) = foldl f (f z x) xs foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b foldr f z [] = z foldr f z (x:xs) = f x (foldr f z xs) In both cases, if the input list is empty, the result is the value of the accumulator, z. If not, foldl takes the head of the list, x, and returns the result of recursing on the tail of the list using (f z x) as the new z. foldr returns (f x q) where q is the result of recursing on the tail. The "l" and "r" in the names refer to the associativity of the application of f. Thus if f = (+) (the binary plus operator used as a function of two arguments), we have: foldl (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = (((0 + 1) + 2) + 3 (applying + left associatively) and foldr (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = 0 + (1 + (2 + 3)) (applying + right associatively). For +, this makes no difference but for an non-commutative operator it would.
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- folkloristics — folklore (def 2).
- follicle mite — any mite of the family Demodicidae, parasitic in hair follicles of various mammals, including humans.
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- foot the bill — pay the costs
- football game — soccer match
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- form the fool — to play the fool or behave irritatingly
- formal system — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- formal theory — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- fort donelson — Fort Donelson.
- fort moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- fortuneteller — a person who claims the ability to predict the future.
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
- fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- 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.