10-letter words containing i, l, f
- leitmotifs — Plural form of leitmotif.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- life class — nude drawing lesson
- life coach — a person who advises clients on how to solve their problems and reach their goals in life: A life coach can help you make the right decisions in your career.
- life cycle — development process: sth living
- life float — a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.
- life force — élan vital.
- life plant — air plant (def 2).
- life space — a spatial representation of all the forces that control a person's behaviour
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- life table — mortality table.
- life-cycle — software life-cycle
- life-saver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- life-sized — Life-sized means the same as life-size.
- lifegiving — imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- lifejacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- lifelessly — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- lifesavers — Plural form of lifesaver.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- lifestyler — One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
- lifestyles — Plural form of lifestyle.
- lift shaft — the long vertical space through which a lift travels
- lift truck — a dolly or truck for lifting and moving, especially palletized loads.
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- liquefiers — Plural form of liquefier.
- liquefying — Present participle of liquefy; Alternative spelling of liquifying.
- liquifying — Present participle of liquify.
- little fox — the constellation Vulpecula.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- long rifle — Kentucky rifle.
- low relief — bas-relief.
- low-flying — Low-flying aircraft or birds are flying very close to the ground, or lower than normal.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.