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14-letter words containing fl

  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • pigs might fly — If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • plantar reflex — a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
  • reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
  • reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
  • reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • reflexive verb — A reflexive verb is a transitive verb whose subject and object always refer to the same person or thing, so the object is always a reflexive pronoun. An example is 'to enjoy yourself', as in 'Did you enjoy yourself?'.
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • retroreflector — See under retroreflective.
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
  • self-inflicted — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
  • self-reflexive — self-referential
  • shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
  • snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
  • sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
  • trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
  • turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
  • underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
  • unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.
  • unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
  • uniflow engine — a double-acting steam engine exhausting from the middle of each cylinder at each stroke so that the motion of the steam from admission to exhaust is continuous in one direction.
  • unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
  • venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
  • vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes
  • well-reflected — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
  • wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
  • zooflagellates — Plural form of zooflagellate.
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