11-letter words containing f, l, u, r, i
- filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- 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.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- 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.
- flush right — even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formularize — formulate.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulising — formulate.
- forum livii — ancient name for
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frightfully — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frivolously — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fruit salts — salts of citric acid, used to relieve bloating and neutralize stomach acidity. Also used in cooking.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- fulgurating — (of pains) sharp and piercing.
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.
- full circle — to the original place, source, or state through a cycle of developments (usually used in the phrase come full circle).
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- full-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; square-rigged on all of three or more masts.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)