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

  • frise aileron — an aircraft wing control surface designed with its leading edge extending forward of its axis of rotation so that when the aileron's trailing edge is raised the leading edge extends below the bottom surface of the wing.
  • front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
  • funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
  • functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionalize — to make functional.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • honorifically — In a honorific manner.
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • in-capable of — not capable.
  • inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
  • infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
  • inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
  • infiltrations — Plural form of infiltration.
  • inflammations — Plural form of inflammation.
  • informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • informational — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
  • informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • informatorily — in an informatory fashion
  • informercials — Plural form of informercial.
  • intolerant of — not able or willing to tolerate
  • jellification — The process or result of jellifying.
  • jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
  • lifted domain — (theory)   In domain theory, a domain with a new bottom element added. Given a domain D, the lifted domain, lift D contains an element lift d corresponding to each element d in D with the same ordering as in D and a new element bottom which is less than every other element in lift D. In functional languages, a lifted domain can be used to model a constructed type, e.g. the type data LiftedInt = K Int contains the values K minint .. K maxint and K bottom, corresponding to the values in Int, and a new value bottom. This denotes the fact that when computing a value v = (K n) the computation of either n or v may fail to terminate yielding the values (K bottom) or bottom respectively. (In LaTeX, a lifted domain or element is indicated by a subscript \perp). See also tuple.
  • lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • liquification — Alternative form of liquefaction.
  • lithification — the process or processes by which unconsolidated materials are converted into coherent solid rock, as by compaction or cementation.
  • long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
  • longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
  • malformations — Plural form of malformation.
  • malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • mellification — the production of honey from nectar
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