11-letter words containing o, s, l, f, i
- loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- mellifluous — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- mellifulous — Misspelling of mellifluous.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- nannofossil — any fossil so small that it is near or below the limit of resolution of a light microscope.
- nanofossils — Plural form of nanofossil.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- non-fissile — capable of being split or divided; cleavable.
- off-license — a license permitting the sale of sealed bottles of alcoholic beverages to be taken away from the premises by the purchaser.
- offensively — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- 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.
- officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- offset-line — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.
- ovuliferous — holding ovules
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- self-poised — acting with poise.
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- silicon fen — an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- sioux falls — a city in SE South Dakota.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.