13-letter words containing ol
- exobiological — Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- extrapolative — That serves to extrapolate.
- extrasystoles — Plural form of extrasystole.
- extrasystolia — (medicine) An alteration in the rhythm of the heart due to extrasystoles.
- extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
- false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
- fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
- fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
- feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
- flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
- flood control — the act or technique of controlling river flow with dams, dikes, artificial channels, etc., so as to minimize the occurrence of floods.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
- fold function — (programming) In functional programming, fold or "reduce" is a kind of higher-order function that takes as arguments a function, an initial "accumulator" value and a data structure (often a list). In Haskell, the two flavours of fold for lists, called foldl and foldr are defined like this: foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a foldl f z [] = z foldl f z (x:xs) = foldl f (f z x) xs foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b foldr f z [] = z foldr f z (x:xs) = f x (foldr f z xs) In both cases, if the input list is empty, the result is the value of the accumulator, z. If not, foldl takes the head of the list, x, and returns the result of recursing on the tail of the list using (f z x) as the new z. foldr returns (f x q) where q is the result of recursing on the tail. The "l" and "r" in the names refer to the associativity of the application of f. Thus if f = (+) (the binary plus operator used as a function of two arguments), we have: foldl (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = (((0 + 1) + 2) + 3 (applying + left associatively) and foldr (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = 0 + (1 + (2 + 3)) (applying + right associatively). For +, this makes no difference but for an non-commutative operator it would.
- folded dipole — a type of aerial, widely used with television and VHF radio receivers, consisting of two parallel dipoles connected together at their outer ends and fed at the centre of one of them. The length is usually half the operating wavelength
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- folding money — paper money.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- foldoc source — The source text of FOLDOC is a single plain text file. FOLDOC is also available on paper from your local printer but, at 700,000+ words, that would be about 2000 pages.
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
- folkloristics — folklore (def 2).
- follicle mite — any mite of the family Demodicidae, parasitic in hair follicles of various mammals, including humans.
- fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- form the fool — to play the fool or behave irritatingly
- formula algol — An ALGOL extension for symbolic mathematics, strings and lists, developed by A.J. Perlis and R. Iturriaga at Carnegie for the CDC G-20 in 1962.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- galactic pole — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- gallocatechol — An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
- games console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- geochronology — the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.
- geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
- geologic time — the succession of eras, periods, and epochs as considered in historical geology.
- geomorphology — the study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms.
- geotechnology — the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
- gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- glaciological — Of or pertaining to glaciology.
- glossological — Of or pertaining to glossology.