11-letter words containing f, d, l
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- disquietful — full of disquiet
- distasteful — unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- distressful — causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.
- distrustful — unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
- dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
- dog fouling — the offence of being in charge of a dog and failing to remove the faeces after it defecates in a public place
- dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
- dole office — an informal term for a job centre
- dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
- dorsiflexor — a muscle causing dorsiflexion.
- double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
- double life — If you say that someone is living a double life, you mean that they lead two separate and very different lives, and they appear to be a different person in each.
- 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.
- duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
- dunfermline — an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- dutifulness — The state of being dutiful.
- ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
- effloresced — Simple past tense and past participle of effloresce.
- eid-ul-fitr — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan, involving the exchange of gifts and a festive meal
- elderflower — The flower of the elder, used to make wines, cordials, and other drinks.
- electrified — Powered by electricity.
- end of line — (character) (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from the original CDC 6600 Pascal. The abbreviation "EOL" is now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under BNF. Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous because different systems used different (combinations of) characters to mark the end of a line. Unix uses a line feed; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the Macintosh uses carriage return. See also EOF.
- enfouldered — charged with lightning
- exemplified — Simple past tense and past participle of exemplify.
- facilitated — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fallen idol — If you refer to someone as a fallen idol, you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
- 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.
- familicidal — Of or pertaining to familicide.
- fantasyland — a place or circumstance existing only in the imagination or as an ideal; dream world.
- fatheadedly — in a fatheaded manner
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- favellidium — (in certain red algae) a cystocarp wholly or partly immersed in a frond.
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalized — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- federalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federalize.
- feeder line — a branch of a main transportation line, as of an airline or railroad.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- felicitated — Simple past tense and past participle of felicitate.