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11-letter words containing f, l, i, e, r

  • relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
  • requalified — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • rifle green — a dark olive green, as in the uniforms of certain rifle regiments
  • rifle range — a firing range for practice with rifles.
  • rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
  • rift valley — graben.
  • right field — the area of the outfield to the right of center field, as viewed from home plate.
  • rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • self-binder — binder (def 5b).
  • self-desire — to wish or long for; crave; want.
  • self-driven — (of a machine) containing its own power source, as an engine or motor.
  • self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
  • self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
  • self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • self-rising — rising without the addition of leaven: self-rising pancake flour.
  • self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • sheriffalty — shrievalty.
  • shield fern — any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
  • shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • silver fern — a formalized spray of fern leaf, silver on a black background: the symbol of New Zealand sporting teams, esp the All Blacks
  • silver fizz — an alcoholic drink made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and egg white.
  • silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
  • silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
  • silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
  • 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.
  • soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
  • springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
  • still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
  • stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
  • styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
  • sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
  • superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
  • superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
  • tailleferre — Germaine, 1892–1983, French composer.
  • tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
  • téléférique — a cableway
  • tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
  • timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
  • time-filler — an activity that occupies time which would otherwise be wasted
  • trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
  • travel film — a filmed documentary showing travel in a certain country or region
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