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15-letter words containing a, f, l

  • flame-retardant — Flame-retardant is the same as fire-retardant.
  • flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
  • flange coupling — a driving coupling between rotating shafts that consists of flanges (or half couplings) one of which is fixed at the end of each shaft, the two flanges being bolted together with a ring of bolts to complete the drive
  • flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
  • flannelled fool — a cricketer
  • flapping router — (networking)   A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
  • flashlight fish — any of several fishes, especially Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.
  • flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
  • flatter oneself — to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
  • flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
  • flight of fancy — An idea or statement that is very imaginative but complicated, silly, or impractical can be referred to as a flight of fancy.
  • flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
  • flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
  • flimflam artist — trickster; swindler
  • flinders island — an island off the coast of NE Tasmania: the largest of the Furneaux Islands. Pop: 850 (2004 est). Area: 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
  • flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
  • floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
  • floating island — a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
  • floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
  • flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • floods of tears — If you say that someone was in floods of tears or in a flood of tears, you are emphasizing that they were crying with great intensity because they were very upset.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
  • flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
  • fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
  • flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • focal infection — an infection in which bacteria are localized in some region, as the tonsils or the tissue around a tooth, from which they may spread to some other organ or structure of the body.
  • fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
  • foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
  • foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
  • football ground — an area of land where football games are played
  • football league — highest-level soccer competition
  • football player — sportsperson: plays football
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