10-letter words containing e, l, d
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fiendishly — In a fiendish manner.
- filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
- film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
- film speed — speed (def 5a).
- filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
- fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
- finlandize — to subject to Finlandization.
- fire drill — a practice drill for a company of firefighters, the crew of a ship, etc., to train them in their duties in case of fire.
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- fishtailed — Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- fixed link — a permanent transport link, esp a bridge, between two geographical areas separated by water
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flanconade — in fencing, a thrust in the side
- flannelled — Wearing clothes made of flannel; especially wearing cricket whites.
- flapdoodle — nonsense; bosh.
- flatfooted — having flatfeet.
- flatlander — a region that lacks appreciable topographic relief.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- fledgeling — a young bird just fledged.
- fledglings — Plural form of fledgling.
- flindersia — a genus of tree native to Australasia, containing fourteen species
- float-feed — equipped with a float to control the feed.
- flood tide — the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
- floodgates — Plural form of floodgate.
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- floordrobe — a pile of clothes left on the floor of a room
- flop-eared — having long, drooping ears, as a hound.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- floridness — The quality of being florid.
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flowerbeds — Plural form of flowerbed.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- fluctuated — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- flue-cured — cured or dried by hot air passed through flues
- fluid head — The fluid head is the pressure which is measured by the height to which fluid that is being pumped can be raised by the pressure.
- fluidounce — Alternative form of fluid ounce.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridate — to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- fluoridize — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.