11-letter words containing f, i, l, t, e
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- flittermice — Plural form of flittermouset, an Alternative spelling of flitter-mouse.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- flying kite — any of various sails set above the royals or skysails in light weather; jolly jumper.
- flying time — the amount of time taken in flying in an aircraft from one place to another
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- folliculate — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- forest hill — a town in N Texas.
- forestville — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- forfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
- fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- fractionlet — a small piece
- fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- free flight — unassisted or unconstrained flight, as the flight of a rocket or missile without guidance or after fuel exhaustion or motor cutoff.
- freestyling — the practice of improvising scenes when making a film or performing a play
- friendliest — Superlative form of friendly.
- frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- fulfillment — the act or state of fulfilling: to witness the fulfillment of a dream; to achieve fulfillment of one's hopes.
- future life — afterlife (def 1).
- get a life! — (abuse) Standard way of suggesting that someone has succumbed to terminal geekdom. Often heard on Usenet, especially as a way of suggesting that the target is taking some obscure issue of theology too seriously. This exhortation was popularised by William Shatner on a "Saturday Night Live" episode in a speech that ended "Get a *life*!", but some respondents believe it to have been in use before then. It was certainly in wide use among hackers for at least five years before achieving mainstream currency in early 1992.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- half-witted — feeble-minded.
- halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox