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11-letter words containing f, e, r, t, i, l

  • 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
  • filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
  • fimbrillate — bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.
  • 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.
  • fire beetle — any of numerous click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus, of tropical America, having luminous reddish or greenish spots on the body.
  • fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
  • fire temple — a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
  • firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
  • firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
  • first fleet — the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788
  • flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
  • fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
  • flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
  • flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
  • flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
  • flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
  • flittermice — Plural form of flittermouset, an Alternative spelling of flitter-mouse.
  • florentines — Plural form of florentine.
  • flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
  • fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
  • fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
  • fluorimeter — fluorometer.
  • fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
  • fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
  • folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
  • footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
  • forest hill — a town in N Texas.
  • forestville — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
  • foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
  • forfeitable — a fine; penalty.
  • forficulate — resembling scissors
  • formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
  • fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
  • fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
  • fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
  • fractionlet — a small piece
  • fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
  • free flight — unassisted or unconstrained flight, as the flight of a rocket or missile without guidance or after fuel exhaustion or motor cutoff.
  • freestyling — the practice of improvising scenes when making a film or performing a play
  • friendliest — Superlative form of friendly.
  • frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
  • fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
  • fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
  • future life — afterlife (def 1).
  • gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • half sister — sister (def 2).
  • half-sister — sister (def 2).
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