11-letter words containing f, a, r, o, e
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- forgathered — Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- forge ahead — move forward with determination
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- forgiveable — Misspelling of forgivable.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- 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
- 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
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
- 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.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort orange — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- 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.
- forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- 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 materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.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-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- four-handed — involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- four-seater — a vehicle providing seats for four people
- four-square — To stand four-square behind someone or something means to be firm in your support of that person or thing.
- fourth-rate — of very low quality, value, or rank
- fowler flap — a flap normally forming a part of the trailing edge of an airplane wing, capable of being moved backward and rotated downward in order to increase lift through increased camber and wing area.
- fractionate — to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
- fractionize — to divide (a number or quantity) into fractions
- fractionlet — a small piece
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- framework 4 — A European Union funding programme, the information technology portion of which replaced ESPRIT.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- francophone — Also, Francophonic [frang-kuh-fon-ik] /ˌfræŋ kəˈfɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- frankenfood — (colloquial, derogatory) genetically modified food.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- franz josef — Francis Joseph I.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)