10-letter words containing a, l, f, r
- classifier — a person or thing that classifies.
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- clear-fell — to cut down all of the trees in (a wood, part of a wood, or throughout an area of land)
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- clip frame — a picture frame that is held together by clips attaching the glass to the backing
- cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- colourfast — A fabric that is colourfast has a colour that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.
- confabular — of or relating to confabulation
- confederal — being or of a confederation of independent nations or states
- conferable — Alternative spelling of conferrable.
- confrontal — a confrontation
- contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
- coral fern — a scrambling fern of the genus Gleichenia, having repeatedly forked fronds
- coral reef — A coral reef is a long narrow mass of coral and other substances, the top of which is usually just above or just below the surface of the sea.
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- curry leaf — a shrub or tree, Murraya koenigii, of India and Sri Lanka.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dark-field — of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- deferrable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deflagrate — to burn or cause to burn with great heat and light
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- defrayable — Capable of being defrayed.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- draft mill — smokejack.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- drift lead — a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- effleurage — a delicate stroking motion in massage.
- enfleurage — The extraction of essential oils and perfumes from flowers using odorless animal or vegetable fats.
- enforcable — Misspelling of enforceable.
- exfiltrate — Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
- exfoliator — An exfoliant.
- fabricable — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
- factorable — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factorials — Plural form of factorial.
- fairy lamp — a lamp using a candle as the source of illumination, usually constructed of glass or ceramic material, set on a metal base, and having a fabric shade.
- fairy lily — a Texan bulbous plant, Zephyranthes drummondii, of the amaryllis family, having a fragrant white flower, with a reddish outer surface, that blooms at night.