10-letter words containing f, l, s
- life-sized — Life-sized means the same as life-size.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lifelessly — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- lifesavers — Plural form of lifesaver.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- lifestyler — One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
- lifestyles — Plural form of lifestyle.
- lift shaft — the long vertical space through which a lift travels
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- liquefiers — Plural form of liquefier.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loose-leaf — (of a book, notebook, etc.) consisting of individual leaves held in a binder (loose-leaf binder) as by rings that open and close, in such a way as to allow their removal, return, or replacement without tearing.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- lust after — desire sexually
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- manfulness — The state of being manful.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- mesofossil — A fossil of a small part of a plant, such as a fruit, leaf or seed.
- microfilms — Plural form of microfilm.
- milkfishes — Plural form of milkfish.
- minefields — Plural form of minefield.
- misbeliefs — Plural form of misbelief.
- misdeemful — having a wrong opinion of
- misfielded — Simple past tense and past participle of misfield.
- mistflower — a North American composite plant, Eupatorium coelestinum, having heads of blue flowers.
- mobssl-uaf — Merritt and Miller's Own Block-Structured Simulation Language-Unpronounceable Acronym For. A l for interactive continuous simulation.
- mpeg-2 lsf — MPEG-2 Low Sampling Frequencies Extention
- muff glass — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
- multiflash — (of a photographic image) created using several flashes in quick succession in order to depict the successive stages of a movement or action sequence
- multifoils — Plural form of multifoil.
- myofascial — Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.
- myofibrils — Plural form of myofibril.
- nanofossil — A nanosized fossil.
- needlefish — any fish of the family Belonidae, of warm seas and coastal fresh waters, having a sharp beak and needlelike teeth.
- nettlefish — jellyfish.
- news flash — flash (def 6).