11-letter words containing i, l, t
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire beetle — any of numerous click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus, of tropical America, having luminous reddish or greenish spots on the body.
- fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
- fire temple — a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
- firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
- firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
- first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
- first fleet — the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788
- first floor — the ground floor of a building.
- first light — dawn.
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
- fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fishability — The quality or degree of being fishable.
- fishtailing — Present participle of fishtail.
- fistulizing — Pathology. to form a fistula.
- fit to kill — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flagitation — the act of flagitating
- flake white — lead white.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashlights — Plural form of flashlight.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat racing — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
- flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- flat tuning — the condition of a radio receiver that does not discriminate sharply between signals on different frequencies
- flatulating — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flatulation — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
- flea-bitten — bitten by a flea or fleas.
- flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- flexecutive — an executive to whom the employer allows flexibility about times and locations of working
- flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
- flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
- flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flight path — the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flight suit — a long-sleeved jumpsuit made of fire-resistant material, worn typically by members of an aircraft crew.
- flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flint glass — an optical glass of high dispersion and a relatively high index of refraction, composed of alkalis, lead oxide, and silica, with or without other bases, sometimes used as the diverging lens component of an achromatic lens.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.