11-letter words containing f, a, r, e, l
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- conferrable — to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
- confirmable — Capable of being checked, verifiable.
- conflagrate — to catch or set on fire
- conformable — corresponding in character; similar
- copper-leaf — a Pacific Islands plant, Acalypha wilkesiana, of the spurge family, having showy, bronzy-green, usually red-mottled foliage and grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
- cradle roof — a roof having trusses the undersides of which form an arch.
- crestfallen — If you look crestfallen, you look sad and disappointed about something.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- deflagrable — having the ability to burst into flames quickly
- deflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of deflagrate.
- deflagrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflagrate.
- deflagrator — a piece of equipment for bringing about deflagration
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- ebola fever — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- extrafloral — produced or occurring outside a flower
- factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
- fairy cycle — a child's bicycle
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- fallen arch — collapse of the arch formed by the instep of the foot, resulting in flat feet
- fallow deer — A fallow deer is a small deer that has a reddish coat which develops white spots in summer.
- fallow-deer — a Eurasian deer, Dama dama, with a fallow or yellowish coat.
- false alarm — a false report of a fire in progress to a fire department.
- false color — photography using infrared-sensitive film that produces images in which heat-emitting areas or objects appear red.
- false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- false labor — irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.
- false start — in a race
- false-start — to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- familiarise — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
- farkleberry — a shrub or small tree, Vaccinium arboreum, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., bearing small, waxy, white flowers and black, many-seeded berries.
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.