11-letter words containing a, f, s, t
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- free ascent — the upward traveling or path of a rocket carried by its own inertia after its engine has stopped operating.
- free safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- free skater — a person who takes part in a figure-skating competition
- free stater — a native or inhabitant of a Free State.
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- fresh water — water that is not salty
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- frost heave — an uplift in soil caused by the freezing of internal moisture.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fruit salts — salts of citric acid, used to relieve bloating and neutralize stomach acidity. Also used in cooking.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fruit sugar — fructose.
- fruitarians — Plural form of fruitarian.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- frustrative — That which frustrates (causes frustration).
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- fungus gnat — any of several mosquitolike insects of the family Mycetophilidae, the larvae of which feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
- fusillation — the use of shooting as a method of capital punishment, esp during warfare
- fustigating — Present participle of fustigate.
- fustigation — A beating with a club.
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gas fitting — the work or business of a gas fitter.
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- great falls — a city in central Montana, on the Missouri River.
- gulf states — the oil-producing states around the Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- handfasting — Present participle of handfast.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- hare's-foot — a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- hatchetfish — any deep-sea fishes of the genera Argyropelicus, Sternoptyx, and related genera, of tropical and temperate waters, having a silvery, hatchet-shaped body.
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- host family — family one lodges with
- hotel staff — employees of a hotel
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).