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11-letter words containing s, f, e

  • five-a-side — a version of soccer with five players on each side
  • fivefingers — a name for various plants, cinquefoil etc.; a starfish
  • fixed asset — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
  • fixed costs — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
  • fixed trust — unit trust (def 1).
  • flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
  • flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
  • flagellates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate.
  • flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
  • flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
  • flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • 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.
  • flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
  • flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
  • flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
  • flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
  • flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
  • flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
  • flatlanders — Plural form of flatlander.
  • flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
  • flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
  • flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
  • 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).
  • flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
  • flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
  • fleshliness — (obsolete) Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; carnality, bodily appetites.
  • fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
  • 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.
  • fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
  • 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.
  • floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
  • flocculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate.
  • 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.
  • flowingness — the quality of being flowing
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