13-letter words containing s, e, o, f
- meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- 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.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- 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.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- non-defensive — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- non-offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- nonconfession — The absence of a confession, or the refusal to confess.
- nonconiferous — Not coniferous.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
- noninfectious — (of a disease or disease-causing organism) not liable to be transmitted through the environment.
- nonscientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- of all others — above all others
- of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
- off one's nut — a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- off the books — of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
- 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-books — not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income.
- off-the-shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- offensiveness — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- offhandedness — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- office seeker — a person who seeks appointment or election to some government position.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- officiousness — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- olefin series — alkene series.