11-letter words containing flo
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- 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
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- 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
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- gilliflower — any of several plants of various families with clove-scented flowers, as the carnation
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- inflow pipe — the pipe that brings water or gas into a place
- interflowed — Simple past tense and past participle of interflow.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- macrofloral — Relating to the macroflora.
- microfloppy — Alternative spelling of micro-floppy.
- microfloral — Of or pertaining to microflora.
- moonflowers — Plural form of moonflower.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
- nonfloating — Not floating (in any sense).
- overflooded — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
- prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- third floor — the storey of a building immediately above the second and three floors up from the ground
- tubiflorous — tubuliflorous.