12-letter words containing f, i, l
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
- fleece-lined — lined with fleece
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- fleur-de-lis — a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
- flexibleness — The state or quality of being flexible.
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
- flight level — a specified height at which an aircraft is allowed to fly
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
- flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
- flimflammery — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flimflamming — Present participle of flimflam.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- flip-flopped — shod in flip-flops; wearing flip-flops
- flip-flopper — a person who makes a complete change of policy, opinion, etc
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- floatability — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.
- floor polish — a substance used to polish floors
- floor-filler — a dance recording that is so catchy and popular that everyone in the place where it is played wants to dance
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flop forging — forging of both sides of a piece from the same die, the sides being identical.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- florida moss — Spanish moss.
- florida room — a sunroom.
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.