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11-letter words containing f, r, i, d, l

  • field trial — a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting.
  • field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
  • fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
  • file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
  • file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
  • fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
  • first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
  • fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
  • fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
  • flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • flea-ridden — infested with fleas
  • floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
  • floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
  • fluid drive — a power coupling for permitting a smooth start in any gear, consisting of two vaned rotors in a sealed casing filled with oil, such that one rotor, driven by the engine, moves the oil to drive the other rotor, which in turn drives the transmission.
  • fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
  • fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
  • fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
  • foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
  • foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
  • footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
  • forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
  • force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
  • fratricidal — a person who kills his or her brother.
  • freeholding — Property held in freehold.
  • freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
  • frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
  • friendliest — Superlative form of friendly.
  • fringillids — Plural form of fringillid.
  • fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
  • full-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; square-rigged on all of three or more masts.
  • funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
  • genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
  • girl friday — gal Friday.
  • girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
  • grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
  • grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
  • half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
  • half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
  • ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
  • illinformed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
  • infiltrated — Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate.
  • interflowed — Simple past tense and past participle of interflow.
  • interleafed — Simple past tense and past participle of interleaf.
  • lady friend — female companion
  • ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
  • life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • lift bridge — a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.
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