11-letter words containing f, a, r, e, s
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire escape — an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
- 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.
- fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
- fire raiser — a person who deliberately sets fire to property
- fireballers — Plural form of fireballer.
- firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
- firestarter — One who starts fires.
- first aider — someone in an organization who has been trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first cause — God.
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- 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 farmer — someone who rears fish for commercial purposes
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- fish manure — solid waste from fish, used as a fertilizer
- fish market — a market selling fish
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
- 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 meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- flatlanders — Plural form of flatlander.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flusterated — flustered; agitated.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- food shares — investment shares in food companies