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11-letter words containing f, o, l, e

  • disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
  • dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
  • dole office — an informal term for a job centre
  • dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
  • dorsiflexor — a muscle causing dorsiflexion.
  • double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
  • double life — If you say that someone is living a double life, you mean that they lead two separate and very different lives, and they appear to be a different person in each.
  • dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
  • duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • ebola fever — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
  • ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
  • effloresced — Simple past tense and past participle of effloresce.
  • effloresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effloresce.
  • effortfully — In an effortful manner: with effort.
  • elderflower — The flower of the elder, used to make wines, cordials, and other drinks.
  • electroform — to form (a metallic object) by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
  • end of line — (character)   (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from the original CDC 6600 Pascal. The abbreviation "EOL" is now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under BNF. Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous because different systems used different (combinations of) characters to mark the end of a line. Unix uses a line feed; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the Macintosh uses carriage return. See also EOF.
  • enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
  • enfouldered — charged with lightning
  • exfoliating — Present participle of exfoliate.
  • exfoliation — The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
  • exfoliative — That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation.
  • extrafloral — produced or occurring outside a flower
  • facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • fairy glove — purple foxglove.
  • fallen idol — If you refer to someone as a fallen idol, you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
  • fallow deer — A fallow deer is a small deer that has a reddish coat which develops white spots in summer.
  • fallow-deer — a Eurasian deer, Dama dama, with a fallow or yellowish coat.
  • false color — photography using infrared-sensitive film that produces images in which heat-emitting areas or objects appear red.
  • false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
  • false labor — irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.
  • false oxlip — a similar and related plant that is a natural hybrid between the cowslip and primrose
  • false topaz — citrine (def 2).
  • fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • fashionless — Not fashioned or contrived; natural.
  • fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
  • fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
  • fatal error — (programming, operating system)   Any error which causes abrupt termination of the program. The program may be terminated either by itself or by the operating system (a "fatal exception"). In the former instance, the program contains code which catches the error and, as a result, returns to the operating system or calls an operating system service to terminate the program.
  • fatiloquent — Prophetic; speaking of fate.
  • felicitator — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
  • fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
  • feloniously — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
  • ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
  • ferroalloys — Plural form of ferroalloy.
  • ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
  • fervourless — Without fervour.
  • feuilletons — (British) Plural form of feuilleton.
  • field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
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