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11-letter words containing l, f, r

  • furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
  • furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
  • furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
  • furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
  • furtwangler — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, German orchestral conductor.
  • furunculous — Furuncular.
  • fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
  • future life — afterlife (def 1).
  • gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
  • garden flat — a flat with direct access to a garden: typically, a garden flat consists of basement accommodation in prewar property, but some are in purpose-built blocks in urban areas
  • gemfibrozil — An oral drug, one of the fibrates, used to lower lipid levels.
  • genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
  • gilliflower — any of several plants of various families with clove-scented flowers, as the carnation
  • gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
  • girl friday — gal Friday.
  • girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
  • glass fiber — Glass fiber is another name for fiberglass.
  • glass fibre — Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.
  • globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
  • glumiferous — having glumes
  • gluten-free — (of food, a diet, etc) not containing gluten
  • go bail for — to furnish bail for
  • golden orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
  • golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
  • gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
  • grand falls — former name of Churchill Falls.
  • grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
  • grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
  • granny flat — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
  • granuliform — having a granular structure
  • gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • great falls — a city in central Montana, on the Missouri River.
  • green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
  • gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • half an ear — If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
  • half dollar — a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
  • half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
  • half relief — mezzo-relievo.
  • half sister — sister (def 2).
  • half-broken — past participle of break.
  • half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
  • half-circle — one half of a circle
  • half-dollar — a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
  • half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • half-frozen — extremely cold
  • half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
  • half-ruinedruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • half-sister — sister (def 2).
  • half-yearly — Half-yearly means happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year.
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