11-letter words containing f, a, m
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyancy — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flame color — bright reddish-orange.
- flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
- flammulated — reddish in colour
- flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flea market — a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
- 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.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- fomentation — encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.
- fool's mate — a checkmate achieved by Black's second move: the quickest possible mate
- foot warmer — any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.
- for example — as an example, by way of illustration
- 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.
- foremastman — a sailor positioned before the foremast
- forepayment — prepayment
- foretopmast — (nautical) The mast above the foretop.
- form factor — Computers. the design specifications of computing electronics that enforce uniformity and allow interchangeability of components: the form factor for circuit boards.
- form leader — a pupil elected by other pupils to lead or represent their form
- form master — a teacher or member of a school's staff designated as being in charge of a certain form
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- formal mode — the style in which words are explicitly mentioned rather than used of their subject matter. "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode, while "Fido is a dog" is in the material mode
- 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.
- formula one — the top class of professional motor racing
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formularize — formulate.