11-letter words containing e, l, f, i, n
- final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
- financeable — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fingerlings — Plural form of fingerling.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- finish line — a line marking the end of a race.
- fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
- firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
- fissionable — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flannelling — a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
- flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
- flea-bitten — bitten by a flea or fleas.
- flea-ridden — infested with fleas
- fleece-vine — silver-lace vine.
- flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
- fleshliness — (obsolete) Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; carnality, bodily appetites.
- flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
- flick knife — switchblade.
- flick-knife — switchblade.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- 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.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- 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;
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- fluvoxamine — an antidepressant drug that acts by preventing the re-uptake after release of serotonin in the brain, thereby prolonging its action
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying kite — any of various sails set above the royals or skysails in light weather; jolly jumper.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- flying time — the amount of time taken in flying in an aircraft from one place to another
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- folkishness — The quality of being folkish.
- foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally