11-letter words containing a, d, i, s
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- fiddleheads — Plural form of fiddlehead.
- fiduciaries — Plural form of fiduciary.
- field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- 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.
- five-a-side — a version of soccer with five players on each side
- fixed asset — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
- 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.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foundations — Plural form of foundation.
- fratricides — Plural form of fratricide.
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- 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.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fund-raiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- fundraisers — Plural form of fundraiser.
- fundraising — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gender bias — sexual discrimination
- generalised — Alternative spelling of generalized.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- giant squid — any squid of the genus Architeuthis, inhabiting deep ocean bottoms and sometimes attaining an arm span of 65 feet (20 meters) or more.
- giant-sized — An object that is giant-sized is much bigger than objects of its kind usually are.
- girdlestead — the waist
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- goods train — freight train.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.