11-letter words containing f, g, l
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- emulsifying — Present participle of emulsify.
- exfoliating — Present participle of exfoliate.
- facelifting — Present participle of facelift.
- facing tool — a lathe tool for smoothing a plane surface at right angles to the axis of rotation.
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- falling-off — If there is a falling-off of an activity, there is a decrease in its amount or intensity.
- falling-out — a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- fatiguingly — In a fatiguing manner.
- feelingless — Without feeling, without emotion, unemotional.
- feelingness — Quality of being feeling.
- fertilising — Present participle of fertilise.
- fertilizing — Present participle of fertilize.
- 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 judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, fair catches, field goals, etc.
- filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
- filigreeing — Present participle of filigree.
- 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.
- fillingness — The property of being filling, of making full.
- film rating — a rating imposed by the British Board of Film Censors that indicates the minimum age of people allowed to view the film
- film rights — the rights purchased from the author of a work that enable a film maker to make a film of it
- film-making — the activity or business of producing and directing films
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- filmsetting — photocomposition.
- 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.
- 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.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
- firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
- first light — dawn.
- 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
- fishtailing — Present participle of fishtail.
- fistulizing — Pathology. to form a fistula.
- five-legged — (of a schooner) having five masts.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flag-waving — an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
- flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.