11-letter words containing s, e, l, f, i
- finish line — a line marking the end of a race.
- fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- fireballers — Plural form of fireballer.
- first fleet — the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788
- fiscal year — any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.
- fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fissionable — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
- fleshliness — (obsolete) Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; carnality, bodily appetites.
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- 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.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- fo' shizzle — for sure; certainly; without question
- 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.
- folkishness — The quality of being folkish.
- folliculose — having or resembling follicles
- foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
- forest hill — a town in N Texas.
- forestville — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.