13-letter words containing s, e, l, f, i
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- lose sight of — no longer see
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- millefeuilles — Plural form of millefeuille.
- misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- 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.
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- 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.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- olefin series — alkene series.
- 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.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- 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.
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
- qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- 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.
- reflexiveness — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
- safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
- sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
- san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- 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.