11-letter words containing o, f, a, l
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
- love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- macrofloral — Relating to the macroflora.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malefactory — villainous
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- mallee fowl — an Australian bird, Leipoa ocellata, of variegated gray, brown, white, and black plumage, that lays up to 35 eggs in an incubating mound.
- mamilliform — shaped like a nipple
- maxilliform — Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfloral — Of or pertaining to microflora.
- moral fiber — Moral fiber is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.
- moral fibre — Moral fibre is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.
- most of all — above all else
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- nannofossil — any fossil so small that it is near or below the limit of resolution of a light microscope.
- nanofossils — Plural form of nanofossil.
- nasofrontal — of or relating to the nasal and frontal bones
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- nonaffluent — not affluent or rich
- nonfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- nonfatality — An incident that is not a fatality.
- nonfloating — Not floating (in any sense).
- nonofficial — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- normal form — 1. (reduction) In reduction systems, the state of a term which contains no reducible expressions. Variants include head normal form, weak head normal form. 2. (database) See database normalisation.
- octal forty — (jargon) Jargon for "I'm drawing a blank.", I can't work it out.
- of all time — If you say that someone or something is, for example, the best writer of all time, or the most successful film of all time, you mean that they are the best or most successful that there has ever been.
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- off balance — If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
- offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- officialdom — the class or entire body of officials; officials as a whole.
- officialese — a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
- officialise — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- officialize — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- oil of cade — a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- olfactology — the medical science which studies the sense of smell
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.