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

  • fiddlestick — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
  • 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 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
  • field trial — a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting.
  • field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
  • fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
  • fifteenthly — in the fifteenth place or position
  • fifth wheel — a horizontal ring or segment of a ring, consisting of two bands that slide on each other, placed above the front axle of a carriage and designed to support the forepart of the body while allowing it to turn freely in a horizontal plane.
  • filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
  • filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
  • file attach — [FidoNet] 1. A file sent along with a mail message from one BBS to another. 2. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a BBS mailer.
  • file system — (operating system)   (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for organizing directories and files, generally in terms of how it is implemented in the disk operating system. E.g., "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you don't have to interface it with any other file systems". 2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical drive, RAM drive, etc.). E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)". As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used to refer to the representatation of the file system's organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the actual content of the files in the file system.
  • filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
  • fillet weld — a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle.
  • fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
  • filmsetting — photocomposition.
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • 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
  • fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • flake white — lead white.
  • flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
  • flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
  • flea-bitten — bitten by a flea or fleas.
  • flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
  • 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.
  • flexecutive — an executive to whom the employer allows flexibility about times and locations of working
  • flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • 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
  • flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
  • flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
  • flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
  • flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
  • flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
  • flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
  • flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
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