11-letter words containing l, e, n, c
- fleece-vine — silver-lace vine.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flick knife — switchblade.
- flick-knife — switchblade.
- flocculence — The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- fluconazole — An antifungal drug used especially against Candida.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluid ounce — a measure of capacity equal to 1/16 (0.0625) pint (29.6 milliliters) in the U.S., and equal to 1/20 (0.05) of an imperial pint (28.4 milliliters) in Great Britain. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl. oz;
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- foot-candle — a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbreviation: FC.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- fractionlet — a small piece
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- fraudulence — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- free clinic — centre offering free medical treatment
- freecooling — a system that uses low ambient air temperature to chill water, esp for use in air conditioning
- freelancers — Plural form of freelancer.
- freelancing — Present participle of freelance.
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- french heel — a high, curved heel, characterized by a heel breast curving into a shank, used on women's shoes.
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- french roll — a circular or oval bread roll having a hard or crispy crust.
- funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- gallinacean — a gallinaceous bird.
- gangliocyte — (biology) A ganglion cell.
- geanticline — an anticlinal upwarp of regional extent.
- genderlects — a type or style of speech used by a particular gender.
- generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genetically — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentileschi — Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.
- genuflected — Simple past tense and past participle of genuflect.
- geolocation — the process of determining the location of an electronic device, as a computer, cell phone, satellite, etc.
- geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.