13-letter words containing t, r, u, f, l
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- return flight — a flight going back
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
- self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
- tubuliflorous — having the corolla tubular in all the perfect flowers of a head, as certain composite plants.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-leftist — a person with extremely left-wing political views
- ultrafamiliar — extremely familiar
- ultrafeminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultrafiltrate — a liquid that has been passed through an ultrafilter.
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- ultrararefied — extremely rarefied
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- underinflated — lacking sufficient air pressure
- unelectrified — not powered by electricity