11-letter words containing i, l, f, a
- formalizing — Present participle of formalize.
- formational — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formularize — formulate.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- forstalling — Present participle of forstall.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- fractionlet — a small piece
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- frantically — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- franz kline — Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- fratricidal — a person who kills his or her brother.
- freefalling — Present participle of freefall.
- freelancing — Present participle of freelance.
- 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.
- friableness — The state or quality of being friable; friability.
- fritillaria — any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, comprising bulbous herbs having drooping, bell-shaped flowers.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fruit salts — salts of citric acid, used to relieve bloating and neutralize stomach acidity. Also used in cooking.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- ftp by mail — A service offered by DEC to allow people without Internet access to get copies of files which are available by anonymous FTP. Send a message with just the word "help" in the body to <[email protected]>.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- fulfillable — Capable of being fulfilled.
- fulgurating — (of pains) sharp and piercing.
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- fulminating — Present participle of fulminate.
- fulmination — a violent denunciation or censure: a sermon that was one long fulmination.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- funambulism — The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- fusillation — the use of shooting as a method of capital punishment, esp during warfare
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- get a life! — (abuse) Standard way of suggesting that someone has succumbed to terminal geekdom. Often heard on Usenet, especially as a way of suggesting that the target is taking some obscure issue of theology too seriously. This exhortation was popularised by William Shatner on a "Saturday Night Live" episode in a speech that ended "Get a *life*!", but some respondents believe it to have been in use before then. It was certainly in wide use among hackers for at least five years before achieving mainstream currency in early 1992.
- girl friday — gal Friday.
- glass fiber — Glass fiber is another name for fiberglass.
- glass fibre — Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.