10-letter words containing f, a
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- firewarden — a person having authority in the prevention or extinguishing of fires, as in towns or camps.
- firmaments — Plural form of firmament.
- first base — Baseball. the first in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate. the position of the player covering the area of the infield near first base.
- first dark — twilight.
- first hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- first mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
- first name — given or Christian name
- first year — the first year when someone is at university or college
- first-hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first-name — of or relating to one's first, or given, name; familiar; intimate: They were on a first-name basis soon after meeting.
- first-rate — excellent; superb.
- fish balls — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fish flake — a platform for drying fish.
- fish paste — something you can spread on bread, made from fish which has been ground
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- fishtailed — Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fissurella — (zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.
- fittipaldi — Emerson. born 1946, Brazilian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion (1972,1974)
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- five-a-day — the five portions of fruit and vegetables that people are recommended to eat every day as part of a healthy diet
- fixability — to repair; mend.
- fixed head — a recording head in a tape recorder or disk drive that cannot be moved relative to the center of the disk, offering reduced access time.
- fixed idea — a persistent or obsessing idea, often delusional, that can, in extreme form, be a symptom of psychosis.
- fixed rate — A fixed rate is an interest rate that is set to remain the same for the term of a loan.
- fixed star — any of the stars which apparently always retain the same position in respect to one another.
- fixed-gear — Also called fixed-gear bicycle; Informal, fixie. a bicycle having a single-gear system and lacking a freewheel mechanism, so that the wheels only move when the pedals move.
- flabbiness — hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
- flabellate — being in the shape of a fan; fan-shaped.
- flabergast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flaccidity — soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps.
- flacourtia — designating a family (Flacourtiaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs
- flag-waver — a person who signals by waving a flag.
- flagellant — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- flagellata — Mastigophora.
- flagellate — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- flageolets — Plural form of flageolet.
- flagginess — the state of being tired
- flaggingly — So as to flag or slow down; wearyingly.
- flagitious — shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flagrantly — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flagstaffs — Plural form of flagstaff.
- flagstaves — Plural form of flagstaff.
- flagsticks — Plural form of flagstick.
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flagstones — Plural form of flagstone.