11-letter words containing f, a, n, r
- free-handed — generous; liberal.
- freefalling — Present participle of freefall.
- freelancers — Plural form of freelancer.
- freelancing — Present participle of freelance.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- french arch — an arch similar to a flat arch, but having voussoirs inclined to the same angle on each side of the center.
- french bean — British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable.
- 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.
- french harp — harmonica (def 1).
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- 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.
- friableness — The state or quality of being friable; friability.
- 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.
- fringe area — an area just beyond the outer limits of satisfactory reception, characterized by a weak and possibly unstable signal.
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- 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).
- front royal — a town in N Virginia.
- frontloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of frontload.
- frowardness — The quality of being froward.
- fructuation — the process of producing fruit
- fruit ranch — a farm where fruit is the main produce.
- fruitarians — Plural form of fruitarian.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- fuck around — to have sexual intercourse with.
- fulgurating — (of pains) sharp and piercing.
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- functionary — a person who functions in a specified capacity, especially in government service; an official: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries.
- fund-raiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- fundraisers — Plural form of fundraiser.
- fundraising — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- funny paper — funny1 (def 7b).
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- furtwangler — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, German orchestral conductor.
- fuss around — to engage in idle, aimless, or annoying activity
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
- futz around — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- garden flat — a flat with direct access to a garden: typically, a garden flat consists of basement accommodation in prewar property, but some are in purpose-built blocks in urban areas