11-letter words containing o, i, l, f, r
- fibroblasts — Plural form of fibroblast.
- fibroplasia — the formation of fibrous tissue.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
- file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- filoviruses — Plural form of filovirus.
- filtrations — Plural form of filtration.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
- first floor — the ground floor of a building.
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floor price — a minimum price required of an item being auctioned.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- 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.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- 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.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- 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
- 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.
- focal ratio — f-number.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- folio verso — the back of the page; verso (opposed to folio recto).
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- folklorists — Plural form of folklorist.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.