10-letter words containing a, f, r, i
- frangipani — a perfume prepared from or imitating the odor of the flower of a tropical American tree or shrub, Plumeria rubra, of the dogbane family.
- franklinia — a shrub or small tree, Franklinia alatamaha, of the tea family, originally native to the SE U.S. and now found only in cultivation, having glossy leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
- frantickly — Obsolete form of franticly.
- franz lisp — (language) A MacLisp-like dialect of Lisp, developed primarily for work in symbolic algebra by R. Fateman et al at Ucb in about 1980. It was named after the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Franz Lisp was written in C and includes a compiler called "Liszt". Version: Opus 38.22. Liszt 8.08.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- fraternise — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- fraternity — a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- fraternize — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fratricide — a person who kills his or her brother.
- fraughting — Present participle of fraught.
- fraxinella — gas plant.
- freakiness — freakish.
- freakishly — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- fredericia — a port in Denmark, in E Jutland at the N end of the Little Belt. Pop: 37 054 (2004 est)
- 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.
- freightage — the transportation of goods.
- frenetical — Alternative form of frenetic.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- friability — easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
- friar tuck — the jolly, pugnacious friar who was a member of Robin Hood's band.
- fricandeau — a loin of veal, larded and braised, or roasted.
- fricasseed — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- fricassees — Plural form of fricassee.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- frigidaire — (now historical) A refrigerator.
- frigmarole — a jocular term for foreplay when considered, esp from the man’s point of view, to be a tiresome prelude to the main event
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- fritillary — any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- frugalista — (informal) A person (especially a woman) who is fashionable while being thrifty.
- fruit farm — a farm where fruit is grown
- fruitarian — a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- frying pan — A frying pan is a flat metal pan with a long handle, in which you fry food.
- frying-pan — a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
- full-grain — (of leather) having the original grain surface intact.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumatorium — an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy fungi or insects.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- fund-raise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundraised — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundraiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- funeralize — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- funiculars — Plural form of funicular.