10-letter words containing f, o, l
- florilegia — Plural form of florilegium.
- florissant — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- floristics — the study of the distribution, number, types, and relationships of plant species in an area or areas.
- flos ferri — a variety of aragonite that is deposited from hot springs in the form of a white branching mass
- flosculous — (botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
- floss hole — a hole in a puddling furnace for the removal of ash or slag.
- flotations — Plural form of flotation.
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- flour mill — a mill for grinding grain into flour.
- flour mite — any of several mites that infest flour and other stored organic materials and may be a serious pest; some may cause itching in persons handling infected material
- flour moth — larva of butterfly that feeds on grain
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- 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.
- flow mixer — A flow mixer is a mixer with a short contact time, used in a continuous process or stage.
- flow sheet — flow chart (def 1).
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- flower box — a box used for growing decorative plants in or around the home, often attached to a window ledge.
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- flower fly — syrphid fly.
- flower key — feature key
- flowerbeds — Plural form of flowerbed.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- flowerless — having or producing no flowers.
- flowerlike — resembling or in the shape of a flower; delicate; graceful.
- flowerpots — Plural form of flowerpot.
- flowmeters — Plural form of flowmeter.
- fluffy toy — a child's toy made of soft materials
- flugelhorn — a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
- fluidounce — Alternative form of fluid ounce.
- flummoxing — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- fluocerite — (mineral) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- fluorenone — (organic compound) An aromatic compound with the chemical formula C13H8O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluorescer — something that fluoresces; a fluorescent substance
- fluoresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoresce.
- fluoridate — to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- fluoridize — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- fluorinate — to treat or combine with fluorine.
- fluoroform — (organic compound) The haloform CHF3 that is the fluorine analogue of chloroform.
- fluorophor — Alternative form of fluorophore.
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride