13-letter words containing r, e, f, u, l
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
- out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- power failure — electricity outage