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13-letter words containing r, u, f, l, e

  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • renal failure — a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • return flight — a flight going back
  • reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
  • rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
  • school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • silver surfer — elderly internet user
  • single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
  • state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
  • stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
  • sugar of lead — lead acetate.
  • sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
  • sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
  • sulfur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
  • superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
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