11-letter words containing f, a, t, e
- faggot vote — (formerly) a vote created by the allotting of property to a person to give him the status of an elector
- faineantise — the quality of being lazy or indolent
- fairweather — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 15,292 feet (4660 meters).
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- faith-based — affiliated with, supported by, or based on a religion or religious group: faith-based charities.
- faithlessly — In a faithless manner.
- false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- false start — in a race
- false teeth — dentures
- false topaz — citrine (def 2).
- false-start — to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
- fan the air — to strike at but fail to hit something
- fan tracery — the carved ornamentation on fan vaulting
- fanaticised — Simple past tense and past participle of fanaticise.
- fanaticized — to make fanatical.
- far eastern — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far-fetched — improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far-fetched example in an effort to prove his point.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fare-beater — a person who illegally avoids paying a fare, as by entering a public bus through the exit door.
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- farm-sitter — a person who takes temporary charge of a farm during the absence or incapacity of the owner.
- farthermost — most distant or remote; farthest.
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- fasciculate — arranged in a fascicle or fascicles.
- fascinative — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- fast asleep — sleeping deeply
- fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- fast packet — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- fast worker — a person who is quick and shrewd in gaining personal advantage: A fast worker, he soon knew everyone who had any pull.
- fast-fooder — Also, fast-foodery [fast-foo-duh-ree, fahst-] /ˈfæstˈfu də ri, ˈfɑst-/ (Show IPA). a restaurant that sells fast food.
- fastigiated — Alternative form of fastigiate.
- fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
- fatal error — (programming, operating system) Any error which causes abrupt termination of the program. The program may be terminated either by itself or by the operating system (a "fatal exception"). In the former instance, the program contains code which catches the error and, as a result, returns to the operating system or calls an operating system service to terminate the program.
- fatefulness — The quality of being fateful.
- fatheadedly — in a fatheaded manner
- father time — the personification of time as an old man, usually in a white robe, having a white beard, and carrying a scythe.
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- fatiloquent — Prophetic; speaking of fate.
- fatuousness — The characteristic of being fatuous.
- fault plane — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultlessly — In a faultless manner.
- fear-naught — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feather bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
- feather cut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
- feather key — a rectangular key connecting the keyways of a shaft and a hub of a gear, pulley, etc., fastened in one keyway and free to slide in the other so that the hub can drive or be driven by the shaft at various positions along it.