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10-letter words containing f, a

  • figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
  • figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
  • figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
  • filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
  • filariasis — infection by filarial worms in the blood and lymph channels, lymph glands, and other tissues, the various species causing skin swellings, blindness, or elephantiasis if untreated.
  • filet lace — a square mesh net or lace, originally knotted by hand but now copied by machine.
  • filiations — Plural form of filiation.
  • filicinean — of or relating to ferns
  • filler cap — a device sealing the filling pipe to the petrol tank in a motor vehicle
  • film at 11 — (jargon)   (MIT, in parody of US TV newscasters) 1. Used in conversation to announce ordinary events, with a sarcastic implication that these events are earth-shattering. "ITS crashes; film at 11." "Bug found in scheduler; film at 11." 2. Also widely used outside MIT to indicate that additional information will be available at some future time, *without* the implication of anything particularly ordinary about the referenced event. For example, "The mail file server died this morning; we found garbage all over the root directory. Film at 11." would indicate that a major failure had occurred but that the people working on it have no additional information about it as yet; use of the phrase in this way suggests gently that the problem is liable to be fixed more quickly if the people doing the fixing can spend time doing the fixing rather than responding to questions, the answers to which will appear on the normal "11:00 news", if people will just be patient.
  • film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
  • film-maker — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
  • filmically — (nonstandard) in a filmic manner.
  • filmmakers — Plural form of filmmaker.
  • filmmaking — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
  • filterable — capable of being filtered.
  • filtrating — Present participle of filtrate.
  • filtration — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
  • fimbriated — Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
  • finalising — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
  • finalities — Plural form of finality.
  • finalizing — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
  • financable — Misspelling of financeable.
  • financials — pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
  • financiere — of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and cockscombs: vol-au-vent financière.
  • financiers — Plural form of financier.
  • financings — Plural form of financing.
  • find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
  • fine grain — granularity
  • fine-drawn — drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.
  • fine-grain — (of an image) having an inconspicuous or invisible grain.
  • finger man — a person who points out someone to be murdered, robbed, etc.
  • fingerbang — (vulgar) To insert one or more digits into another person's vagina or anus for sexual pleasure.
  • fingermark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
  • fingernail — the nail at the end of a finger.
  • finishable — That can be finished; completable.
  • finlandize — to subject to Finlandization.
  • fire alarm — a signal that warns that a fire has started.
  • fire trail — a permanent track cleared through the bush to provide access for fire-fighting
  • fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
  • fireballer — a hard-throwing fastball pitcher.
  • fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
  • firebrands — Plural form of firebrand.
  • firebreaks — Plural form of firebreak.
  • firedrakes — Plural form of firedrake.
  • fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
  • firemaster — (Scotland) The chief of a fire brigade.
  • fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
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