11-letter words containing a, t, e, f
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- fortunately — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- foster care — the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- four-seater — a vehicle providing seats for four people
- fourth-rate — of very low quality, value, or rank
- fractionate — to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
- fractionize — to divide (a number or quantity) into fractions
- fractionlet — a small piece
- fracturable — Capable of being fractured.
- fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentate — to break into fragments
- 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.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- frankfurter — Felix, 1882–1965, U.S. jurist, born in Austria: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–62.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- franticness — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- fraternally — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fraternises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraternise.
- fraternized — Simple past tense and past participle of fraternize.
- fraternizer — A person who fraternizes.
- fraternizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraternize.
- fratricides — Plural form of fratricide.
- 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 market — an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
- 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.
- free trader — a person who advocates free trade.
- free-to-air — Free-to-air television programmes and channels do not require a subscription or payment.
- free-trader — a person who advocates free trade.
- freehearted — Liberal; unrestrained.
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- french fact — (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- fresh water — water that is not salty
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- fritterware — An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also window shopping.
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- front range — a mountain range extending from central Colorado to S Wyoming: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Grays Peak, 14,274 feet (4350 meters).
- frontloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of frontload.
- frost grape — riverbank grape.