11-letter words containing f, a, i, r, l, s
- glass fibre — Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
- infiltrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infiltrate.
- infracostal — (anatomy) Below the ribs.
- insufflator — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- iris family — the plant family Iridaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having bulbs, corms, or rhizomes, sword-shaped grasslike leaves, and usually showy flowers, and including the blackberry lily, crocus, freesia, gladiolus, and iris.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- 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.
- 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.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- millifarads — Plural form of millifarad.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrificial — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
- self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism