11-letter words containing a, l, f, r
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalized — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- federalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federalize.
- felicitator — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- fellermelad — (jocular, UK, Ireland, usually with
- felt marker — a felt pen with a wide nib for making identifying marks, as on clothing.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- fermentable — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- ferroalloys — Plural form of ferroalloy.
- fibrillated — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fibroblasts — Plural form of fibroblast.
- fibroplasia — the formation of fibrous tissue.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- field drain — an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- field trial — a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting.
- filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
- filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
- film camera — a camera for taking moving pictures for a cinema film
- film rating — a rating imposed by the British Board of Film Censors that indicates the minimum age of people allowed to view the film
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
- filter lane — a lane governed by a filter at a traffic light, from which traffic can turn left or right while other traffic is held up by a red light
- filtrations — Plural form of filtration.
- fimbrillate — bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.
- final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
- fireballers — Plural form of fireballer.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
- first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- fiscal year — any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagellator — Someone who flagellates, a whipper.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flame color — bright reddish-orange.
- flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- 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 harry — a man who likes to dress and behave ostentatiously
- flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
- flashboards — Plural form of flashboard.