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11-letter words containing o, s, l, e, r

  • escritorial — Of or pertaining to an escritoire.
  • eskimo roll — a manoeuvre that causes a kayak to return to an upright position after capsizing
  • estranghelo — an archaic, cursive form of the Syriac alphabet
  • eurodollars — deposits of U.S. dollars in banks outside the U.S., especially in Europe
  • extorsively — in an extorsive manner
  • eyebrowless — having no eyebrows
  • false color — photography using infrared-sensitive film that produces images in which heat-emitting areas or objects appear red.
  • false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
  • false labor — irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.
  • fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
  • ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
  • ferroalloys — Plural form of ferroalloy.
  • fervourless — Without fervour.
  • field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
  • filoviruses — Plural form of filovirus.
  • fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
  • fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
  • flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
  • flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
  • flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
  • flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
  • flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
  • 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).
  • floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
  • floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
  • florentines — Plural form of florentine.
  • florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
  • floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
  • flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
  • flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
  • flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
  • flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
  • flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
  • 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.
  • fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
  • fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
  • fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
  • fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
  • flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
  • foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
  • foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
  • 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.
  • footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
  • footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
  • footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
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