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11-letter words containing f, a, r, l

  • dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
  • discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
  • disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
  • distractful — (archaic) distracting.
  • dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
  • douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
  • draftsmanly — Befitting a draftsman; geometrically artistic.
  • 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
  • facial hair — moustache, beard, etc.
  • facilitator — a person or thing that facilitates.
  • factorially — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • fairy cycle — a child's bicycle
  • fairy glove — purple foxglove.
  • falconiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc.
  • 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.
  • familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
  • familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  • family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
  • family room — a room in a house used as a center for family activities.
  • family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
  • farcicality — pertaining to or of the nature of farce.
  • 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.
  • farm animal — agriculture: livestock or poultry
  • farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
  • fatal error — (programming, operating system)   Any error which causes abrupt termination of the program. The program may be terminated either by itself or by the operating system (a "fatal exception"). In the former instance, the program contains code which catches the error and, as a result, returns to the operating system or calls an operating system service to terminate the program.
  • fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
  • faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
  • fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
  • faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • fearfulness — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
  • featherless — Having no feathers.
  • featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • featureless — without distinctive features; uninteresting, plain, or drab: a featureless landscape.
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