10-letter words containing l, f, r
- cuculiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the order Cuculiformes, which includes the cuckoos
- culiciform — resembling a gnat
- cultriform — (botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
- cumuliform — resembling a cumulus cloud
- curry leaf — a shrub or tree, Murraya koenigii, of India and Sri Lanka.
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dark-field — of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
- deep floor — any of the floors toward the ends of a vessel, deeper than those of standard depth amidships.
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- deferrable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deflagrate — to burn or cause to burn with great heat and light
- deflectors — Plural form of deflector.
- deflowered — Simple past tense and past participle of deflower.
- deflowerer — One who deflowers.
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- defrayable — Capable of being defrayed.
- demirelief — mezzo-relievo.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- difluoride — (chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule.
- dirt floor — a floor made of packed earth
- disglorify — to remove from glory
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- disulfuric — pyrosulfuric.
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- draft mill — smokejack.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- drift lead — a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.
- driftingly — In a way that drifts.
- dropperful — the amount contained in a dropper
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- efferently — conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).
- effleurage — a delicate stroking motion in massage.
- effloresce — to burst into bloom; blossom.
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- elytriform — having the form of an elytron
- emboliform — Plug-shaped.
- emulsifier — A substance that stabilizes an emulsion, in particular a food additive used to stabilize processed foods.
- enfleurage — The extraction of essential oils and perfumes from flowers using odorless animal or vegetable fats.
- enforcable — Misspelling of enforceable.
- enforcedly — In a way that is enforced.
- enforcible — Capable of being enforced.
- exfiltrate — Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
- exfoliator — An exfoliant.