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10-letter words containing f, i, e, l

  • fibreglass — Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
  • fibrillate — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
  • fibrillose — Covered with hair-like appendages, as the undersurface of some lichens.
  • fibrinlike — Resembling or characteristic of fibrin.
  • fickleness — Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
  • fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
  • fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
  • fiddlehead — Nautical. a billethead having a form similar to the volute carved at the upper end of a violin.
  • fiddlewood — the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.
  • fidelities — Plural form of fidelity.
  • field army — army (def 2).
  • field coil — a coil that generates a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it: used in various electrical devices, as motors, generators, or electromagnets.
  • field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
  • field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
  • field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
  • field hand — a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.
  • field lark — meadowlark.
  • field lens — the lens in an eyepiece that is farthest from the eye and that deviates rays toward the center of the eye lens.
  • field line — an imaginary line or curve in a field of force, as an electric field, such that the direction of the line at any point is that of the force in the field at that point.
  • field mint — an herb, Mentha arvensis, of North America, having downy leaves and small flowers that grow in circles in the leaf axils.
  • field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
  • field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
  • field term — a university term spent in the field, such as a term spent in another country as part of a foreign language course
  • field tile — an earthenware drain used in farm drainage
  • field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
  • field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
  • field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
  • field-test — to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
  • fieldboots — knee-length boots
  • fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
  • fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
  • fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
  • fieldpiece — A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
  • fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
  • fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
  • fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
  • fiendishly — In a fiendish manner.
  • filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
  • file clerk — an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.
  • filefishes — Plural form of filefish.
  • filet lace — a square mesh net or lace, originally knotted by hand but now copied by machine.
  • filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
  • filicinean — of or relating to ferns
  • filler cap — a device sealing the filling pipe to the petrol tank in a motor vehicle
  • film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
  • film speed — speed (def 5a).
  • film-maker — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
  • filmmakers — Plural form of filmmaker.
  • filmy fern — any fern of the family Hymenophyllaceae, growing in humid regions and having thin translucent leaves
  • filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
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