11-letter words containing a, i, m
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- fimbriation — fimbriate or fringed condition.
- fimbrillate — bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.
- finger mark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- fire damage — damage caused to a building or other object by fire
- fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
- firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
- firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
- fish farmer — someone who rears fish for commercial purposes
- fish manure — solid waste from fish, used as a fertilizer
- fish market — a market selling fish
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fissiparism — (biology) reproduction by spontaneous fission.
- flimflammed — Simple past tense and past participle of flimflam.
- flimflammer — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- flumadiddle — utter nonsense.
- fluvoxamine — an antidepressant drug that acts by preventing the re-uptake after release of serotonin in the brain, thereby prolonging its action
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- foam piping — Foam piping is a system of tubes which delivers a mass of very small bubbles to the base of tanks for protection from fire.
- fomentation — encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.
- forage mite — a mite normally occurring in forage but sometimes infesting the skin of mammals, esp horses, and birds
- foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes
- foraminifer — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- formalising — Present participle of formalise.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formalizing — Present participle of formalize.
- formational — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- formic acid — a colorless, irritating, fuming, water-soluble liquid, CH 2 O 2 , originally obtained from ants and now manufactured synthetically, used in dyeing and tanning and in medicine chiefly as a counterirritant and astringent.
- formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
- formicarium — formicary.
- formication — a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formularize — formulate.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- fragmenting — a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.
- fragmentise — Alternative form of fragmentize.
- fragmentize — to break (something) into fragments; break (something) apart.
- francomania — an obsession with France or French things
- freddie mac — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- 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.
- friar minor — a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Compare capuchin (def 4), Friar Minor Conventual.