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11-letter words containing f, l, a, n, r, i

  • intreatfull — full of entreaty
  • jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour)   The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
  • lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
  • lady friend — female companion
  • ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
  • 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 spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
  • lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
  • loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
  • marine life — plants and animals of the sea
  • microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
  • naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
  • nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
  • non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
  • overinflate — to inflate to an excessive degree
  • pain relief — techniques concerned with preventing or reducing pain
  • plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
  • planuliform — resembling a planula
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • racing flag — a distinguishing flag flown by a yacht during the period of its participation in a race.
  • referential — having reference: referential to something.
  • refrangible — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • reinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • rifle range — a firing range for practice with rifles.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • 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.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • 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.
  • unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
  • unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • 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.
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