11-letter words containing f, i, e, l, t
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- still lifes — paintings or drawings of inanimate objects
- stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- tailleferre — Germaine, 1892–1983, French composer.
- take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
- téléférique — a cableway
- telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
- test flight — a flight made to observe the performance characteristics of a new aircraft or spacecraft.
- that's life — expressing acceptance of fate
- the flemish — the Flemings collectively
- the like of — any person or thing like
- thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- time-filler — an activity that occupies time which would otherwise be wasted
- title fight — a boxing match to determine the winner of a championship
- to the life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
- travel film — a filmed documentary showing travel in a certain country or region
- trifle with — treat frivolously
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- twelfthtide — the season of Twelfth Night and Twelfth Day.
- ultrafilter — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
- unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- unbeautiful — lacking beauty; not beautiful
- unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- uninflected — to modulate (the voice).
- uninflicted — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- ventral fin — pelvic fin.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- well-fitted — made so as to follow closely the contours of a form or shape: fitted clothes; fitted sheets.
- what a life — People say 'What a life' to indicate that they are unhappy or are having great difficulties.
- wheat field — area of land where wheat is cultivated