11-letter words containing n, o, f
- flamboyancy — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- 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.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
- flatten out — to make or become flat or flatter by spreading out
- flatulation — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flocculence — The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.
- 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.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- fluconazole — An antifungal drug used especially against Candida.
- fluctuation — continual change from one point or condition to another.
- 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.
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- 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.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- fluvoxamine — an antidepressant drug that acts by preventing the re-uptake after release of serotonin in the brain, thereby prolonging its action
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- flying bomb — robot bomb.
- flying bond — a brickwork bond having random, widely spaced headers.
- flying frog — either of two East Indian frogs, Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and R. pardalis, having broadly webbed feet permitting long, gliding leaps.
- flying moor — the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- foam piping — Foam piping is a system of tubes which delivers a mass of very small bubbles to the base of tanks for protection from fire.
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.