11-letter words containing f, i, n, a, l
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- signal flag — a flag used for sending messages to other ships
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
- tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
- trifluralin — a selective herbicide, C 13 H 16 F 3 N 3 O 4 , used to control weeds.
- unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- unbeautiful — lacking beauty; not beautiful
- uncalcified — not calcified; not converted into lime
- unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- undefinable — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- unfeudalize — to release from feudal customs
- unfinalized — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- unqualified — not qualified; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications: unqualified for the job.
- venefically — in a venefic manner
- venlafaxine — an oral antidepressant, C 17 H 27 NO 2 , that is thought to inhibit neuronal reabsorption of serotonin, norepinephrine, and possibly dopamine.
- ventral fin — pelvic fin.
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- waffle iron — appliance for cooking waffles
- waffle-iron — a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.