10-letter words containing f, i, l, o
- fuliginous — sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fusionless — without fusion
- gangliform — having the form of a ganglion.
- ginglyform — (anatomy, rare) ginglymoid.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- glorifying — Present participle of glorify.
- gold field — an area or district where gold is mined.
- goldfields — any of several Californian, composite herbs of the genus Lasthenia, having yellow flowers.
- goldfishes — Plural form of goldfish.
- golf links — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- golf widow — a woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he plays golf.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- home field — A sports team's home field is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- ill-formed — badly formed.
- in lieu of — place; stead.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- inferiorly — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- inflations — Plural form of inflation.
- inflection — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- infliction — the act of inflicting.
- infoldings — Plural form of infolding.
- informable — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- informally — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- isoflavone — a phytoestrogen produced chiefly by plants of the legume family, especially soybeans, potentially useful in lowering cholesterol and in treating some cancers and menopausal symptoms.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- jollifying — Present participle of jollify.
- kefalotiri — Alternative form of kefalotyri.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- latifundio — a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
- leitmotifs — Plural form of leitmotif.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- life coach — a person who advises clients on how to solve their problems and reach their goals in life: A life coach can help you make the right decisions in your career.
- life float — a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.