11-letter words containing f, o, l
- defoliation — to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves.
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
- dog fouling — the offence of being in charge of a dog and failing to remove the faeces after it defecates in a public place
- dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
- dole office — an informal term for a job centre
- dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
- 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.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- 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.
- dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
- 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
- fabulicious — (slang) Exceptionally fabulous and appealing.
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facilitator — a person or thing that facilitates.
- facing tool — a lathe tool for smoothing a plane surface at right angles to the axis of rotation.
- factionally — in a factional manner
- factorially — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- falconiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc.
- 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.
- falling-off — If there is a falling-off of an activity, there is a decrease in its amount or intensity.
- falling-out — a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.
- 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.