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14-letter words containing d, e, l

  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • field of force — the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it
  • field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
  • fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
  • filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
  • final dividend — the dividend paid on the basis of a company's results for a whole financial year. The final dividend is usually voted on at a company's AGM
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • finite decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flame retarder — a material that, while not incombustible, does not itself maintain combustion without an external heat source and therefore retards the spread of fire
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
  • flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
  • flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
  • flood defences — structures such as dams, artificial channels, etc, built to protect an area from flooding
  • flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
  • fluid pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid, directly proportional to the specific gravity at any point and to the height of the fluid above the point.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • football field — ground where soccer is played
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
  • free and clear — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • frenkel defect — a crystal defect in which a lattice ion has moved to an interstitial position leaving a vacant lattice site
  • friendlessness — The state or condition of being friendless; lack of friends.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • frilled lizard — a medium-sized Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi, having a large, cloaklike flap of skin on the neck that stiffens during courtship or threat displays, forming a wide ruff.
  • front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
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