11-letter words containing f, a, r
- flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
- flimflammer — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- flocculator — to form into flocculent masses.
- flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- floorboards — Plural form of floorboard.
- floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
- floral leaf — one of the modified leaves forming the perianth of a flower, as a sepal or petal.
- floral park — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- 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
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flusterated — flustered; agitated.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- flutterball — (baseball) A type of pitch; knuckleball.
- fly gallery — a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.
- 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.
- 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 rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- focal ratio — f-number.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
- food shares — investment shares in food companies
- fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- foot patrol — an assigned or habitual round or route, as of a police officer or sentry
- foot warmer — any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- for a start — to begin with, in the first place
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- for example — as an example, by way of illustration
- for fear of — a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- for want of — If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.