11-letter words containing f, l, i, e, r
- 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.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- fluid drive — a power coupling for permitting a smooth start in any gear, consisting of two vaned rotors in a sealed casing filled with oil, such that one rotor, driven by the engine, moves the oil to drive the other rotor, which in turn drives the transmission.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fly-by-wire — (of aircraft or spacecraft) activated entirely by electronic controls.
- 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.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- folio verso — the back of the page; verso (opposed to folio recto).
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
- force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
- forest hill — a town in N Texas.
- forestville — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- forfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- forgiveable — Misspelling of forgivable.
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formularize — formulate.
- fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
- fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- fractionlet — a small piece
- fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- franz kline — Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- free clinic — centre offering free medical treatment
- free flight — unassisted or unconstrained flight, as the flight of a rocket or missile without guidance or after fuel exhaustion or motor cutoff.
- free silver — the free coinage of silver, especially at a fixed ratio with gold.
- free-living — following a way of life in which one freely indulges the appetites, desires, etc.
- free-soiler — a member of the Free Soil party or a supporter of its principles.