11-letter words containing e, l, u, c, i
- excursively — In an excursive manner.
- executorial — Of or pertaining to an executive (branch of government etc.).
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facultative — conferring a faculty, privilege, permission, or the power of doing or not doing something: a facultative enactment.
- fasciculate — arranged in a fascicle or fascicles.
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- feudalistic — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- 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?
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flexecutive — an executive to whom the employer allows flexibility about times and locations of working
- flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
- 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.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- folliculate — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- folliculose — having or resembling follicles
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- full circle — to the original place, source, or state through a cycle of developments (usually used in the phrase come full circle).
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- gesticulate — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gun licence — an official document granting a person permission to own and use a gun, usually subject to various restrictions
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- hemicyclium — a sundial in the form of a concave quarter sphere having a rodlike gnomon lying within one radius and marked on its surface with arcs that lie in the same plane as the gnomon.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- illuminance — illumination (def 6).
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in the club — pregnant
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- include out — to exclude
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- inclusively — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.