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13-letter words containing s, e, o, f

  • housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
  • if you ask me — You can say 'if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • image formats — (graphics, file format)   There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • in despite of — in spite of
  • in one's face — directly opposite or against one
  • in respect of — with regard, with reference
  • inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
  • inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
  • inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.
  • infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
  • informalities — Plural form of informality.
  • informercials — Plural form of informercial.
  • infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
  • 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).
  • japanese wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus hodophylax, of Japan.
  • jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
  • jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • kiss of peace — (in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity.
  • kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
  • 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.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
  • loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
  • lose sight of — no longer see
  • lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
  • magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
  • manganiferous — containing manganese.
  • manifestation — an act of manifesting.
  • manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
  • mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
  • market forces — factors driving the economy
  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
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