13-letter words containing s, e, l, f, o
- 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.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- 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.
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- of all others — above all others
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- off the shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- 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.
- off-the-shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- 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.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
- pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
- 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.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- 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
- recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
- reform school — reformatory (def 2).
- regardless of — in spite of
- 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
- rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them