11-letter words containing d, i, f, l
- floppy disc — (spelling) It's "floppy disk", not like "compact disc".
- floppy disk — Computers. a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which computer data and programs can be stored for later retrieval.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- fluid drive — a power coupling for permitting a smooth start in any gear, consisting of two vaned rotors in a sealed casing filled with oil, such that one rotor, driven by the engine, moves the oil to drive the other rotor, which in turn drives the transmission.
- fluid ounce — a measure of capacity equal to 1/16 (0.0625) pint (29.6 milliliters) in the U.S., and equal to 1/20 (0.05) of an imperial pint (28.4 milliliters) in Great Britain. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl. oz;
- flumadiddle — utter nonsense.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- flying bond — a brickwork bond having random, widely spaced headers.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- folk wisdom — wisdom or beliefs associated with or traditional to the common people of a country
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
- force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
- fratricidal — a person who kills his or her brother.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- friendliest — Superlative form of friendly.
- fringillids — Plural form of fringillid.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- full-bodied — of full strength, flavor, richness, etc.: full-bodied wine; full-bodied writing.
- full-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; square-rigged on all of three or more masts.
- fume-filled — filled with pungent or toxic vapours
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
- girl friday — gal Friday.
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- gold fixing — the procedure by which the price of gold is established.
- gold-filled — composed of a layer of gold backed with a base metal.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
- half-boiled — drunk.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- half-hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- half-witted — feeble-minded.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- hold in fee — to own; possess