13-letter words containing o, n, e, s, f, l
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
- foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- 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.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- inoffensively — In an inoffensive manner.
- isle of pines — Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- japanese wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus hodophylax, of Japan.
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- lines of code — (programming, unit) (LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC; or one can characterise a week's progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- olefin series — alkene series.
- outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
- san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
- 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.