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

  • fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
  • flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
  • flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
  • flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
  • flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
  • 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.
  • focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
  • 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.
  • folded dipole — a type of aerial, widely used with television and VHF radio receivers, consisting of two parallel dipoles connected together at their outer ends and fed at the centre of one of them. The length is usually half the operating wavelength
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • folding money — paper money.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
  • folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
  • 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.
  • food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
  • foot the bill — pay the costs
  • 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.
  • foraminiferal — Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous.
  • force a smile — to make oneself smile
  • fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
  • forefeelingly — by way of forefeeling
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • foresightless — lacking foresight
  • forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
  • formal review — (project)   A technical review conducted with the customer including the types of reviews called for in DOD-STD-2167A (Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, etc.)
  • 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.
  • formulaically — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
  • formularising — Present participle of formularise.
  • formularistic — relating to formularization
  • formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
  • fort moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
  • fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
  • fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
  • fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
  • fossiliferous — bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
  • fossilisation — Alternative spelling of fossilization.
  • fossilization — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
  • foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
  • four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
  • fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
  • 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.
  • fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
  • fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
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