11-letter words containing a, d, i, f, e, r
- fifth grade — the fifth year of school, when children are ten or eleven years old
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fingerguard — something that protects the fingers
- fire damage — damage caused to a building or other object by fire
- fire hazard — an object, building etc that could easily catch fire or cause a fire and thereby endanger life
- 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 warden — an official assigned to prevent or fight fires, as in a forest, logging operation, camp, or town
- first aider — someone in an organization who has been trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- 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.
- flea-ridden — infested with fleas
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- fraternized — Simple past tense and past participle of fraternize.
- fratricides — Plural form of fratricide.
- freddie mac — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- fund-raiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- fundraisers — Plural form of fundraiser.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- gaff-rigged — (of a sailboat) having one or more gaff sails.
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- infiltrated — Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate.
- infomediary — An Internet company that gathers and links information on particular subjects on behalf of commercial organizations and their potential customers.