10-letter words containing f, e, l, r
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- flow mixer — A flow mixer is a mixer with a short contact time, used in a continuous process or stage.
- flower box — a box used for growing decorative plants in or around the home, often attached to a window ledge.
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- flower fly — syrphid fly.
- flower key — feature key
- flowerbeds — Plural form of flowerbed.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- flowerless — having or producing no flowers.
- flowerlike — resembling or in the shape of a flower; delicate; graceful.
- flowerpots — Plural form of flowerpot.
- flowmeters — Plural form of flowmeter.
- flue brush — a brush used for cleaning soot from chimneys
- flue-cured — cured or dried by hot air passed through flues
- flugelhorn — a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- fluocerite — (mineral) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- fluorenone — (organic compound) An aromatic compound with the chemical formula C13H8O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluorescer — something that fluoresces; a fluorescent substance
- fluoresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoresce.
- fluoridate — to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- fluoridize — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- fluorinate — to treat or combine with fluorine.
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- flurazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 21 H 23 ClFN 3 O, used in its hydrochloride form as a sedative and hypnotic in the management of insomnia and to alleviate anxiety states.
- flurriedly — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flustering — Agitated, confusing.
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.
- fluttering — Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
- fly killer — a device or chemical substance used to kill flying insects
- fly-bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- fly-strike — myiasis.
- fly-tipper — a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- flyscreens — Plural form of flyscreen.
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
- foamflower — a North American plant, Tiarella cordifolia, having a cluster of small, usually white flowers.
- focal area — (in dialect geography) an area whose dialect has exerted influence on the dialects of surrounding areas, as reflected in a set of isoglosses more or less concentrically surrounding it.
- folksinger — A person who sings folk songs.
- footballer — a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team.
- footlicker — A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
- footlocker — A small trunk or storage chest, originally stored at the foot of a bed.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- forcefield — Alternative spelling of force field.