10-letter words containing f, a, l, d
- federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalize — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- feudalized — Simple past tense and past participle of feudalize.
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- fiddlehead — Nautical. a billethead having a form similar to the volute carved at the upper end of a violin.
- fiducially — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- field army — army (def 2).
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- field hand — a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
- film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
- find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- finlandize — to subject to Finlandization.
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- fishtailed — Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fittipaldi — Emerson. born 1946, Brazilian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion (1972,1974)
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- flaccidity — soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps.
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flanconade — in fencing, a thrust in the side
- flannelled — Wearing clothes made of flannel; especially wearing cricket whites.
- flapdoodle — nonsense; bosh.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flash card — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flashboard — a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.
- flashcards — Plural form of flashcard.
- flashflood — Alternative spelling of flash flood.
- flatfooted — having flatfeet.
- flatlander — a region that lacks appreciable topographic relief.
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- flindersia — a genus of tree native to Australasia, containing fourteen species
- float-feed — equipped with a float to control the feed.
- floatboard — paddle1 (def 6).
- flood lamp — a floodlight.
- flood wall — Civil Engineering. a wall built along a shore or bank to prevent floods by giving a raised, uniform freeboard and by allowing unimpeded flow to water in a channel.
- floodgates — Plural form of floodgate.
- floodlamps — Plural form of floodlamp.
- floodmarks — Plural form of floodmark.
- floodplain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floodwalls — Plural form of floodwall.
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- floorboard — any of the boards composing a floor.