10-letter words containing a, f, e, r, m
- fimbriated — Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
- finger man — a person who points out someone to be murdered, robbed, etc.
- fingermark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fire alarm — a signal that warns that a fire has started.
- firemaster — (Scotland) The chief of a fire brigade.
- firmaments — Plural form of firmament.
- first mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
- first name — given or Christian name
- first-name — of or relating to one's first, or given, name; familiar; intimate: They were on a first-name basis soon after meeting.
- flame tree — either of two trees, Brachychiton acerifolius or B. australis, native to Australia, having clusters of bright scarlet flowers.
- flameproof — resisting the effect of flames; not readily ignited or burned by flames.
- flavorsome — of a full, rich, pleasant flavor; tasty.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- flurazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 21 H 23 ClFN 3 O, used in its hydrochloride form as a sedative and hypnotic in the management of insomnia and to alleviate anxiety states.
- foamflower — a North American plant, Tiarella cordifolia, having a cluster of small, usually white flowers.
- for shame! — you ought to be ashamed! here is cause for shame!
- foraminate — full of holes or foramina.
- forearming — Present participle of forearm.
- foredamned — condemned at some earlier time to eternal damnation
- foregleams — Plural form of foregleam.
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- formalised — Simple past tense and past participle of formalise.
- formaliter — formally
- formalized — Simple past tense and past participle of formalize.
- formalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formalize.
- formalness — being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
- formalwear — clothing designed for or customarily worn on formal occasions, as tuxedos and evening gowns.
- formatives — Plural form of formative.
- formatters — Plural form of formatter.
- formicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formicate.
- formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.
- formulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate.
- fragmental — fragmentary.
- fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- framboesia — yaws.
- frame line — a horizontal line separating consecutive frames on a strip of film.
- frame rate — (graphics) The number of frames of an animation which are displayed every second, measured in frames per second (fps). The higher the frame rate, the smoother the animation will appear but the more processing power and system bandwidth is required. At less than 30 fps, the human eye can see the new pictures coming onto the screen.
- frame tent — a tent consisting of fabric stretched over a frame
- framemaker — (text) A commercial document preparation program produced by Frame Technology Corporation who were taken over by Adobe Systems, Inc. in 1995/6. FrameMaker is available for a wide variety of workstations and is designed for technical and scientific documents. It uses a powerful system of templates and paragraph styles to control WYSIWYG formatting. It supports graphics, tables, and contents pages among other things. Version: FrameMaker 6, due April 2000. See also Maker Interchange Format.
- frameshift — the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.
- frameworks — Plural form of framework.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- freddy mac — (in the US) an informal name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a private company that buys and sells mortgage debt
- freedwoman — a woman who has been freed from slavery.
- freeganism — a person who buys as little as possible and makes use of recycled or discarded goods and materials, in an effort to reduce waste and limit environmental impact.
- freemartin — a female calf that is born as a twin with a male and is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones produced by the male.
- freemasons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- freshwoman — A female first-year student at a university, college, or high school.