11-letter words starting with fl
- flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flea beetle — any leaf beetle of the genera Haltica, Epitrix, etc., the various species of which have the rear legs adapted for jumping.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flea collar — a dog or cat collar impregnated with a chemical for repelling or killing fleas.
- flea market — a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- flea-bitten — bitten by a flea or fleas.
- flea-ridden — infested with fleas
- fleece-vine — silver-lace vine.
- fleetfooted — Swift on one's feet.
- 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).
- flexecutive — an executive to whom the employer allows flexibility about times and locations of working
- flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
- flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flick knife — switchblade.
- flick-knife — switchblade.
- flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flight path — the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flight suit — a long-sleeved jumpsuit made of fire-resistant material, worn typically by members of an aircraft crew.
- 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.
- flimflammed — Simple past tense and past participle of flimflam.
- flimflammer — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flinchingly — With a flinching motion.
- flint glass — an optical glass of high dispersion and a relatively high index of refraction, composed of alkalis, lead oxide, and silica, with or without other bases, sometimes used as the diverging lens component of an achromatic lens.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- flittermice — Plural form of flittermouset, an Alternative spelling of flitter-mouse.
- float glass — extremely smooth, nearly distortion-free plate glass manufactured by pouring molten glass onto a surface of molten tin.
- float valve — a valve admitting or discharging a liquid to or from a tank and regulated by a float on the surface of the liquid within the tank to maintain a nearly constant height of liquid.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.