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11-letter words containing f, l, a, n, e, s

  • half-nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
  • half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
  • harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
  • hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
  • hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
  • increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
  • infiltrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infiltrate.
  • inflatables — Plural form of inflatable.
  • insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
  • isle of manIsle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
  • juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
  • la fresnaye — Roger de [raw-zhey duh] /rɔˈʒeɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1885–1925, French painter.
  • ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
  • lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
  • lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
  • lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
  • malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
  • mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
  • misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
  • nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
  • new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
  • playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • saint felixSaint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • second-half — happening in the second half of a game
  • 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.
  • shelf angle — an angle iron attached to or suspended from a girder to carry masonry or the ends of a number of joists.
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • 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.
  • subaffluent — between poor and affluent
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
  • teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
  • transferral — transference; transfer.
  • unrefusable — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
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