11-letter words containing f, d, l
- fellermelad — (jocular, UK, Ireland, usually with
- fender pile — a pile, usually one of a group, set beside ferry slips, wharves, etc., to guide approaching vessels and driven so as to yield slightly when struck in order to lessen the shock of contact.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- feudalistic — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudalities — Plural form of feudality.
- fibrillated — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fiddle away — to waste (time)
- fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddleheads — Plural form of fiddlehead.
- fiddlerfish — any of several guitarfishes, especially Trygonorhina fasciata, of Australia.
- fiddlestick — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- field drain — an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields
- field event — an event in a track meet that involves throwing something, as a discus or javelin, or jumping and is not performed on the running track.
- field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- field guide — a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
- field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
- field judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, fair catches, field goals, etc.
- field label — a descriptive word or phrase for a field in a record, such as 'surname', 'postcode', etc
- field mouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- field study — observation of nature in the wild
- field trial — a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting.
- field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
- fieldpieces — Plural form of fieldpiece.
- fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
- file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
- filled milk — milk containing a substitute for the butterfat.
- fillet weld — a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle.
- film studio — a place where films are made
- final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
- findability — (information science) The quality of a particular object being locatable.
- fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
- first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- five-legged — (of a schooner) having five masts.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flagellated — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- flammulated — reddish in colour
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper