10-letter words containing r, e, f, l
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flame tree — either of two trees, Brachychiton acerifolius or B. australis, native to Australia, having clusters of bright scarlet flowers.
- flameproof — resisting the effect of flames; not readily ignited or burned by flames.
- flankering — Present participle of flanker.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- flare path — an airstrip illuminated for use at night or in bad weather
- flare star — a dwarf star that exhibits sudden increases of magnitude similar to solar flares.
- flare-back — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
- flarebacks — Plural form of flareback.
- flashovers — Plural form of flashover.
- flat broke — having no money
- flat-share — the state of living in a flat where each occupant shares the facilities and expenses
- flat-water — pertaining to or moving over a calm, level, or slow-flowing water channel.
- flatlander — a region that lacks appreciable topographic relief.
- flatscreen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flatteners — Plural form of flattener.
- flatterers — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- flatteries — Plural form of flattery.
- flattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- flatterous — flattering
- flavorless — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorsome — of a full, rich, pleasant flavor; tasty.
- fleahopper — either of two varieties of small, jumping insects which feed on crops and garden plants. The two main varieties are the garden fleahopper Halticus bractatus and the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- fleeringly — In a fleering manner; scornfully; with derision.
- fleet rate — a reduced rate quoted by an insurance company to underwrite the risks to a fleet of vehicles, aircraft, etc
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- flickering — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- flindersia — a genus of tree native to Australasia, containing fourteen species
- flintshire — a historic county in Clwyd, in NE Wales.
- flirtiness — The quality of being flirty.
- flittering — Present participle of flitter.
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- floor area — an area of floor or its dimensions
- floorcover — material, especially a nonfabric material, as linoleum, vinyl tile, or ceramic tile, used to cover a floor.
- floordrobe — a pile of clothes left on the floor of a room
- flop-eared — having long, drooping ears, as a hound.
- florentine — of or relating to Florence, Italy: the Florentine poets of the 14th century.
- flores sea — a sea between Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. About 180 miles (290 km) wide.
- florescent — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- floridness — The quality of being florid.
- florigenic — of or relating to the plant hormone florigen
- florilegia — Plural form of florilegium.
- flos ferri — a variety of aragonite that is deposited from hot springs in the form of a white branching mass
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- flour mite — any of several mites that infest flour and other stored organic materials and may be a serious pest; some may cause itching in persons handling infected material
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.