11-letter words containing f, a, i, l, e
- la fontaine — Henri [French ahn-ree] /French ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lady friend — female companion
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lamelliform — shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- latticeleaf — laceleaf.
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- life estate — property that may be held only for the extent of the holder's lifetime
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- liquefiable — Able to be liquefied.
- little leaf — a disease of stone fruits, apples, grapes, etc. caused by a deficiency of zinc and characterized by crinkled, small leaves and yellowing of the tips of new growth
- loan office — an office for making loans or receiving payments on loans.
- loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
- love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- mail filter — (messaging) A program which sorts and processes incoming mail based on patterns found in the mail headers.
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- malefically — in a malefic manner
- maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
- maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
- marine life — plants and animals of the sea
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
- moral fiber — Moral fiber is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.
- moral fibre — Moral fibre is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.
- multi-faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- nullifiable — Able, or allowed to be nullified.
- of all time — If you say that someone or something is, for example, the best writer of all time, or the most successful film of all time, you mean that they are the best or most successful that there has ever been.
- officialese — a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.