11-letter words containing a, f, s
- fissiparity — (biology) The quality of being fissiparous.
- fissiparous — reproducing by fission.
- 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.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- flagellates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
- 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.
- flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flash flood — a sudden and destructive rush of water down a narrow gully or over a sloping surface, caused by heavy rainfall.
- flash harry — a man who likes to dress and behave ostentatiously
- flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashboards — Plural form of flashboard.
- flashfloods — Plural form of flashflood.
- flashlights — Plural form of flashlight.
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
- flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- flatlanders — Plural form of flatlander.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flint glass — an optical glass of high dispersion and a relatively high index of refraction, composed of alkalis, lead oxide, and silica, with or without other bases, sometimes used as the diverging lens component of an achromatic lens.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- float glass — extremely smooth, nearly distortion-free plate glass manufactured by pouring molten glass onto a surface of molten tin.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flocculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- floorboards — Plural form of floorboard.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flusterated — flustered; agitated.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered