10-letter words containing i, l, f
- fibrillary — Of or pertaining to fibrils, or nanoscale fibers.
- fibrillate — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fibrillose — Covered with hair-like appendages, as the undersurface of some lichens.
- fibrillous — composed of small fibres
- fibrinlike — Resembling or characteristic of fibrin.
- fibroblast — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fickleness — Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
- fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- fiddlehead — Nautical. a billethead having a form similar to the volute carved at the upper end of a violin.
- fiddlewood — the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.
- fidelities — Plural form of fidelity.
- fiducially — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- field army — army (def 2).
- field coil — a coil that generates a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it: used in various electrical devices, as motors, generators, or electromagnets.
- field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
- field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- field hand — a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field lens — the lens in an eyepiece that is farthest from the eye and that deviates rays toward the center of the eye lens.
- field line — an imaginary line or curve in a field of force, as an electric field, such that the direction of the line at any point is that of the force in the field at that point.
- field mint — an herb, Mentha arvensis, of North America, having downy leaves and small flowers that grow in circles in the leaf axils.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- field term — a university term spent in the field, such as a term spent in another country as part of a foreign language course
- field tile — an earthenware drain used in farm drainage
- field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
- field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- field-test — to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
- fieldboots — knee-length boots
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- fieldpiece — A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
- fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fiendishly — In a fiendish manner.
- filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
- filariasis — infection by filarial worms in the blood and lymph channels, lymph glands, and other tissues, the various species causing skin swellings, blindness, or elephantiasis if untreated.
- filchingly — in a filching manner
- file clerk — an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.
- filefishes — Plural form of filefish.
- filet lace — a square mesh net or lace, originally knotted by hand but now copied by machine.
- filiations — Plural form of filiation.
- filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
- filicinean — of or relating to ferns
- filing box — a box in which files can be stored