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10-letter words containing i, l, r

  • field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
  • fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
  • fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
  • fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
  • fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
  • 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.
  • file clerk — an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.
  • 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.
  • filler cap — a device sealing the filling pipe to the petrol tank in a motor vehicle
  • 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.
  • filmmakers — Plural form of filmmaker.
  • filmstrips — Plural form of filmstrip.
  • filmy fern — any fern of the family Hymenophyllaceae, growing in humid regions and having thin translucent leaves
  • 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.
  • filtrating — Present participle of filtrate.
  • filtration — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
  • 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.
  • 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 flour — powdered fish, high in protein, used as an ingredient in other foods.
  • fisherfolk — People who catch fish for a living.
  • fissurella — (zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.
  • fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
  • flacourtia — designating a family (Flacourtiaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs
  • flammarion — (Nicolas) Camille [nee-kaw-lah ka-mee-yuh] /ni kɔˈlɑ kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1842–1925, French astronomer and author.
  • flankering — Present participle of flanker.
  • flapperish — in the style of a flapper
  • flatteries — Plural form of flattery.
  • flattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • flavivirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, that cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
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