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11-letter words containing f, e, d, l

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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