11-letter words containing f, e, l, n
- filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- filigreeing — Present participle of filigree.
- fillingness — The property of being filling, of making full.
- filmsetting — photocomposition.
- filter lane — a lane governed by a filter at a traffic light, from which traffic can turn left or right while other traffic is held up by a red light
- final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- 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.
- financeable — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fingerlings — Plural form of fingerling.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- finish line — a line marking the end of a race.
- 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.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
- firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
- fissionable — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- flannelette — a warm, soft cotton fabric, plain or printed, napped on one side.
- flannelling — a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
- flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
- flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
- flatlanders — Plural form of flatlander.
- flatten out — to make or become flat or flatter by spreading out
- flatulently — In a flatulent manner or fashion.
- flea-bitten — bitten by a flea or fleas.
- flea-ridden — infested with fleas
- fleece-vine — silver-lace vine.
- flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- fleshliness — (obsolete) Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; carnality, bodily appetites.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
- flick knife — switchblade.
- flick-knife — switchblade.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flocculence — The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.