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11-letter words containing e, l, i, g

  • field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
  • field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
  • field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
  • field guide — a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
  • field judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, fair catches, field goals, etc.
  • filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
  • filigreeing — Present participle of filigree.
  • filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
  • fillingness — The property of being filling, of making full.
  • filmsetting — photocomposition.
  • 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.
  • fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
  • fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
  • firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
  • firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
  • five-legged — (of a schooner) having five masts.
  • flannelling — a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
  • flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
  • flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
  • flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
  • flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
  • flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
  • flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
  • florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
  • 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.
  • flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
  • flowingness — the quality of being flowing
  • fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
  • 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.
  • foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
  • foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
  • foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
  • forgiveable — Misspelling of forgivable.
  • fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
  • fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
  • fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
  • fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • free flight — unassisted or unconstrained flight, as the flight of a rocket or missile without guidance or after fuel exhaustion or motor cutoff.
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