11-letter words containing f, l, e, g
- filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
- fillingness — The property of being filling, of making full.
- filmsetting — photocomposition.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fingerlings — Plural form of fingerling.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
- firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
- five-legged — (of a schooner) having five masts.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- flagellated — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- flagellates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate.
- flagellator — Someone who flagellates, a whipper.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flannelling — a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flooded gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of Australia, esp Eucalyptus saligna (the Sydney blue gum), that grow in damp soil
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fly gallery — a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying kite — any of various sails set above the royals or skysails in light weather; jolly jumper.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- flying time — the amount of time taken in flying in an aircraft from one place to another
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- footslogged — Simple past tense and past participle of footslog.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.