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10-letter words containing i, l, f

  • fill light — a light used to eliminate or soften shadows caused by the main source of illumination.
  • filler cap — a device sealing the filling pipe to the petrol tank in a motor vehicle
  • film at 11 — (jargon)   (MIT, in parody of US TV newscasters) 1. Used in conversation to announce ordinary events, with a sarcastic implication that these events are earth-shattering. "ITS crashes; film at 11." "Bug found in scheduler; film at 11." 2. Also widely used outside MIT to indicate that additional information will be available at some future time, *without* the implication of anything particularly ordinary about the referenced event. For example, "The mail file server died this morning; we found garbage all over the root directory. Film at 11." would indicate that a major failure had occurred but that the people working on it have no additional information about it as yet; use of the phrase in this way suggests gently that the problem is liable to be fixed more quickly if the people doing the fixing can spend time doing the fixing rather than responding to questions, the answers to which will appear on the normal "11:00 news", if people will just be patient.
  • film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
  • film speed — speed (def 5a).
  • film strip — a length of film containing a series of related transparencies for projection on a screen.
  • film-maker — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
  • filmically — (nonstandard) in a filmic manner.
  • filmmakers — Plural form of filmmaker.
  • filmmaking — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
  • filmstrips — Plural form of filmstrip.
  • filmy fern — any fern of the family Hymenophyllaceae, growing in humid regions and having thin translucent leaves
  • filopodium — a long, hairlike pseudopod composed of ectoplasm.
  • filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
  • filter out — ignore
  • filter tip — a mouthpiece for a cigarette or cigar having a means of filtering the smoke.
  • filterable — capable of being filtered.
  • filthiness — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
  • filtrating — Present participle of filtrate.
  • filtration — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
  • fimicolous — of or relating to an organism that lives on or in animal excrement.
  • finalising — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
  • finalities — Plural form of finality.
  • finalizing — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
  • financable — Misspelling of financeable.
  • financials — pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
  • find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • fingerbowl — a small bowl filled with water for rinsing the fingers at the table after a meal
  • fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
  • fingerhole — a hole through which a finger can be inserted
  • fingerless — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • fingerlike — Resembling a finger, especially in shape.
  • fingerling — a young or small fish, especially a very small salmon or trout.
  • fingernail — the nail at the end of a finger.
  • finishable — That can be finished; completable.
  • finlandize — to subject to Finlandization.
  • fire alarm — a signal that warns that a fire has started.
  • fire drill — a practice drill for a company of firefighters, the crew of a ship, etc., to train them in their duties in case of fire.
  • fire trail — a permanent track cleared through the bush to provide access for fire-fighting
  • fireballer — a hard-throwing fastball pitcher.
  • firebottle — electron tube
  • fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
  • firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
  • first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • first lien — a lien having priority over others attached to the same property.
  • first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.
  • first-line — available for immediate service, especially combat service: first-line troops.
  • firstlings — Plural form of firstling.
  • fish balls — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
  • fish flake — a platform for drying fish.
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