10-letter words containing f, l, i, e
- rifle bird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
- rifle butt — the end of the stock of a rifle
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- root field — a field containing a given field in which every polynomial can be written as the product of linear factors.
- round file — circular file.
- rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salifiable — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- sdeignfull — disdainful
- self-build — the practice of building one's own home
- self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
- self-exile — a state of exile imposed by oneself.
- self-given — past participle of give.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
- self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
- sellafield — the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria
- semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
- semifeudal — partly feudal
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- shelf life — the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- short-life — not designed to last
- silver fir — a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz.
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- sinfulness — characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked: a sinful life.
- skew field — a ring in which the equations ax = b and xa = b have solutions for x.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- solidified — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solidifies — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- spider fly — an artificial fly having a hackle body, little or no tail, no wings, and unusually long legs, dressed to resemble a spider.
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- start life — If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.