10-letter words containing f, l, a, n
- contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
- coral fern — a scrambling fern of the genus Gleichenia, having repeatedly forked fronds
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- deaf-blind — of or relating to a person who is both deaf and blind.
- defaulting — guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- defendable — Capable of being defended.
- defilading — Present participle of defilade.
- definately — Misspelling of definitely.
- deflations — Plural form of deflation.
- diflunisal — a substance, C 13 H 8 F 2 O 3 , used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of rheumatoid diseases and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- disdainful — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disinflate — (of an economy) to slow down the rate of inflation.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- downfallen — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- en famille — with one's family; at home
- endosulfan — (chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
- enfilading — Present participle of enfilade.
- enfleurage — The extraction of essential oils and perfumes from flowers using odorless animal or vegetable fats.
- enforcable — Misspelling of enforceable.
- exfoliants — Plural form of exfoliant.
- fabulation — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- face angle — the angle formed by two successive edges of a polyhedron.
- face-plant — to fall onto one's face, esp when skiing or snowboarding
- facileness — Superficiality, glibness.
- falkenhayn — Erich von [ey-rikh fuh n] /ˈeɪ rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1922, German general of World War I.
- fall among — to come among by chance
- fall front — a part of a desk front, hinged at the lower end and opening out to provide a writing surface.
- fall under — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- false pond — a mirage.
- falsifying — Present participle of falsify.
- falun gong — a Chinese system of meditation, martial-arts exercises, and spiritual teachings.
- family man — a man who has a spouse and one or more children.
- familymoon — A honeymoon in which the newlywed couple bring along their children.
- fan letter — a letter sent by an admiring fan, as to a celebrity.
- fancifully — characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
- fang lizhi — 1936–2012, Chinese astrophysicist and human-rights campaigner, lived in the US from 1990
- fangirling — Present participle of fangirl.
- fat client — (networking) Opposite of "thin client".
- fatherland — one's native country.
- fault line — the intersection of a fault with the surface of the earth or other plane of reference.
- fault zone — a network of interconnected fractures representing the surficial expression of a fault.
- fault-find — to seek out minor imperfections or errors; carp
- faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- femaleness — a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
- feminality — The quality of being feminal; femininity.
- fenestella — a small aperture in the front of an altar, containing relics