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13-letter words containing u, n, f, l, s

  • frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
  • fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • full laziness — (functional programming)   A transformation, described by Wadsworth in 1971, which ensures that subexpressions in a function body which do not depend on the function's arguments are only evaluated once. E.g. each time the function f x = x + sqrt 4 is applied, (sqrt 4) will be evaluated. Since (sqrt 4) does not depend on x, we could transform this to: f x = x + sqrt4 sqrt4 = sqrt 4 We have replaced the dynamically created (sqrt 4) with a single shared constant which, in a graph reduction system, will be evaluated the first time it is needed and then updated with its value. See also fully lazy lambda lifting, let floating.
  • full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • full sentence — any sentence the form of which exemplifies the most frequently used structural pattern of a particular language, as, in English, any sentence that contains a subject and a predicate; a sentence from which elliptical sentences may be derived by grammatical transformations.
  • full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
  • functionalise — to make functional.
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
  • furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
  • futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • glue sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • glue-sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
  • healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • in full swing — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
  • infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
  • liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • loss function — (in decision theory) a function that expresses the loss incurred when a decision is made in terms of various factors.
  • luminous flux — the rate of transmission of luminous energy: expressed in lumens.
  • mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
  • masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
  • new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
  • nondiffusible — not diffusible
  • outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
  • self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
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