10-letter words containing i, l, f
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- rightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- rolf kraki — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and in accounts by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus: involved in great battles with his stepfather, Adils of Sweden.
- roof light — a window built into a roof to admit light and ventilation
- root field — a field containing a given field in which every polynomial can be written as the product of linear factors.
- round file — circular file.
- royal fizz — a beverage consisting of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and an egg.
- rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salifiable — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salvifical — saving
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- sdeignfull — disdainful
- self-build — the practice of building one's own home
- self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
- self-exile — a state of exile imposed by oneself.
- self-given — past participle of give.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
- self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
- sellafield — the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria
- semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
- semifeudal — partly feudal
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- shelf life — the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life.
- shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- short-life — not designed to last
- silver fir — a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz.
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- sinfulness — characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked: a sinful life.
- skew field — a ring in which the equations ax = b and xa = b have solutions for x.
- skillfully — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
- skin flick — a motion picture that features nudity and usually scenes of explicit sexual activity.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- sniffingly — with a sniff
- sniffishly — in a sniffy or disdainful manner