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11-letter words containing f, i, l, a

  • field label — a descriptive word or phrase for a field in a record, such as 'surname', 'postcode', etc
  • 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.
  • filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
  • 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.
  • film camera — a camera for taking moving pictures for a cinema film
  • 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-making — the activity or business of producing and directing films
  • filmization — an adaptation of a novel, play, etc., for a motion picture.
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • 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
  • filtrations — Plural form of filtration.
  • fimbrillate — bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.
  • final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
  • financeable — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • financially — pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
  • financials' — pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
  • findability — (information science) The quality of a particular object being locatable.
  • 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 island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • fireballers — Plural form of fireballer.
  • fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
  • firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
  • first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
  • 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
  • fiscal year — any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.
  • fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • fishability — The quality or degree of being fishable.
  • fishtailing — Present participle of fishtail.
  • fissionable — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
  • flag-waving — an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
  • flagitation — the act of flagitating
  • flake white — lead white.
  • flannelling — a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
  • flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
  • flashlights — Plural form of flashlight.
  • flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
  • flat racing — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
  • flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
  • flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
  • flat tuning — the condition of a radio receiver that does not discriminate sharply between signals on different frequencies
  • flatulating — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
  • flatulation — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
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