11-letter words containing l, a, i, d
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalized — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- federalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federalize.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- felicitated — Simple past tense and past participle of felicitate.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- feudalistic — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudalities — Plural form of feudality.
- fibrillated — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fiddle away — to waste (time)
- fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddleheads — Plural form of fiddlehead.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- field drain — an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields
- field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- field label — a descriptive word or phrase for a field in a record, such as 'surname', 'postcode', etc
- field trial — a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting.
- final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
- findability — (information science) The quality of a particular object being locatable.
- fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- flea-ridden — infested with fleas
- flimflammed — Simple past tense and past participle of flimflam.
- flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- flumadiddle — utter nonsense.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- fratricidal — a person who kills his or her brother.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- gallic acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 6 O 5 , obtained from nutgalls, used chiefly in tanning and in ink dyes.
- gallivanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallivant.
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gelatinated — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinate.