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11-letter words containing e, l, f, i, n

  • dignifiable — Capable of being dignified.
  • dignifiedly — In a dignified manner.
  • direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
  • dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
  • dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
  • drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
  • dunfermline — an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
  • dutifulness — The state of being dutiful.
  • ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
  • efficiently — performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient assistant.
  • emulsifying — Present participle of emulsify.
  • end of line — (character)   (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from the original CDC 6600 Pascal. The abbreviation "EOL" is now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under BNF. Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous because different systems used different (combinations of) characters to mark the end of a line. Unix uses a line feed; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the Macintosh uses carriage return. See also EOF.
  • exfoliating — Present participle of exfoliate.
  • exfoliation — The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
  • facelifting — Present participle of facelift.
  • fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • fallen idol — If you refer to someone as a fallen idol, you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
  • falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • family name — the hereditary surname of a family.
  • farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • fashionless — Not fashioned or contrived; natural.
  • fatiloquent — Prophetic; speaking of fate.
  • faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
  • faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • feeder line — a branch of a main transportation line, as of an airline or railroad.
  • feelingless — Without feeling, without emotion, unemotional.
  • feelingness — Quality of being feeling.
  • feloniously — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
  • fender pile — a pile, usually one of a group, set beside ferry slips, wharves, etc., to guide approaching vessels and driven so as to yield slightly when struck in order to lessen the shock of contact.
  • ferntickles — freckles
  • ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
  • fertileness — (rare) The state or characteristic of being fertile.
  • fertilising — Present participle of fertilise.
  • fertilizing — Present participle of fertilize.
  • festinately — hurried.
  • feuilletons — (British) Plural form of feuilleton.
  • fiançailles — a betrothal, engagement
  • field drain — an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields
  • field event — an event in a track meet that involves throwing something, as a discus or javelin, or jumping and is not performed on the running track.
  • field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
  • fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
  • fifteenthly — in the fifteenth place or position
  • filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
  • filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
  • filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
  • filigreeing — Present participle of filigree.
  • fillingness — The property of being filling, of making full.
  • filmsetting — photocomposition.
  • filter lane — a lane governed by a filter at a traffic light, from which traffic can turn left or right while other traffic is held up by a red light
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