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13-letter words containing s, e, l, f, i

  • fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
  • full laziness — (functional programming)   A transformation, described by Wadsworth in 1971, which ensures that subexpressions in a function body which do not depend on the function's arguments are only evaluated once. E.g. each time the function f x = x + sqrt 4 is applied, (sqrt 4) will be evaluated. Since (sqrt 4) does not depend on x, we could transform this to: f x = x + sqrt4 sqrt4 = sqrt 4 We have replaced the dynamically created (sqrt 4) with a single shared constant which, in a graph reduction system, will be evaluated the first time it is needed and then updated with its value. See also fully lazy lambda lifting, let floating.
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
  • fusible metal — any of various alloys, as of bismuth, lead, and tin, that melt at temperatures as low as 160°F (70°C), making them useful in various safety devices.
  • gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
  • game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gefullte fish — dish of fish stuffed with various ingredients
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • glue sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • glue-sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • 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
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • half-finished — ended or completed.
  • half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • ineffableness — The quality or state of being ineffable.
  • infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
  • infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
  • inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • informercials — Plural form of informercial.
  • inoffensively — In an inoffensive manner.
  • isle of capri — Capri.
  • isle of pines — Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
  • isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
  • isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
  • laissez-faire — of, relating to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire.
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
  • life instinct — suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
  • life interest — interest on property that is payable during the owner's lifetime but cannot be passed on to another or others after his or her death.
  • life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
  • life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
  • 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.
  • liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
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