10-letter words containing f, o, c, a, l
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- enforcable — Misspelling of enforceable.
- face cloth — washcloth.
- face towel — a small towel for the face.
- facecloths — Plural form of facecloth.
- factiously — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factorable — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factorials — Plural form of factorial.
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- flacourtia — designating a family (Flacourtiaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs
- flanconade — in fencing, a thrust in the side
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- flocculant — a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.
- flocculate — to form into flocculent masses.
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- focal area — (in dialect geography) an area whose dialect has exerted influence on the dialects of surrounding areas, as reflected in a set of isoglosses more or less concentrically surrounding it.
- focalizing — Present participle of focalize.
- foliaceous — of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.
- folic acid — a water-soluble vitamin that is converted to a coenzyme essential to purine and thymine biosynthesis: deficiency causes a form of anemia.
- folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
- folk magic — any attempt to practice charms, spells, etc., to control events or people.
- follically — Alternative spelling of follicly.
- follicular — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- fool's cap — a traditional jester's cap or hood, often multicolored and usually having several drooping peaks from which bells are hung.
- footcandle — Alt form foot candle.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- forecastle — a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
- forinsecal — foreign
- form class — a class of words or forms in a given language that have one or more grammatical features in common, as, in Latin, all masculine nouns in the nominative singular, all masculine singular nouns, all masculine nouns, or all nouns.
- fortalices — Plural form of fortalice.
- fractional — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- gale-force — A gale-force wind is a very strong wind.
- glance off — If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- laborforce — Alternative form of labor force.
- land force — an armed force serving on land
- leaf coral — any red algae of the species Bossea orbigniana, common as a seaweed along the Pacific coast of the U.S., having calcified, flattened, jointed stems.
- life coach — a person who advises clients on how to solve their problems and reach their goals in life: A life coach can help you make the right decisions in your career.
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.