11-letter words containing f, o, l
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- fissionable — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- fit to kill — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flagellator — Someone who flagellates, a whipper.
- flagitation — the act of flagitating
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyancy — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flame color — bright reddish-orange.
- flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flash flood — a sudden and destructive rush of water down a narrow gully or over a sloping surface, caused by heavy rainfall.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashboards — Plural form of flashboard.
- flashfloods — Plural form of flashflood.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
- flat-footed — having flatfeet.
- flat-rolled — (of steel or other metal) rolled into flat sheets, strips, etc.
- flatten out — to make or become flat or flatter by spreading out
- flatulation — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flea collar — a dog or cat collar impregnated with a chemical for repelling or killing fleas.
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- fleetfooted — Swift on one's feet.
- flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- float glass — extremely smooth, nearly distortion-free plate glass manufactured by pouring molten glass onto a surface of molten tin.
- float valve — a valve admitting or discharging a liquid to or from a tank and regulated by a float on the surface of the liquid within the tank to maintain a nearly constant height of liquid.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flocculated — Collected together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool, or coagulated in this way.
- flocculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate.
- flocculator — to form into flocculent masses.
- flocculence — The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.
- flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
- flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- flood-light — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- flooded gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of Australia, esp Eucalyptus saligna (the Sydney blue gum), that grow in damp soil