10-letter words containing f, a
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- frock coat — a man's close-fitting, knee-length coat, single-breasted or double-breasted and with a vent in the back.
- frock tart — a person who makes or designs costumes for films or television
- frog march — to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.
- frog-march — If you are frog-marched somewhere, someone takes you there by force, holding you by the arms or another part of your body so that you have to walk along with them.
- from day 1 — from the very beginning
- front-load — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- front-rank — among the best or most important; foremost; topnotch.
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwoman — The lead female singer in a band.
- frugalista — (informal) A person (especially a woman) who is fashionable while being thrifty.
- frugalness — The property of being frugal.
- fruit farm — a farm where fruit is grown
- fruitarian — a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- frustrated — Obsolete. frustrated.
- frustrater — One who or that which frustrates.
- frustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frustrate.
- frying pan — A frying pan is a flat metal pan with a long handle, in which you fry food.
- frying-pan — a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- fuel gauge — an instrument in a vehicle that indicates how much fuel remains
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fulgurated — Simple past tense and past participle of fulgurate.
- full blast — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- full board — accommodation: room and meals
- full marks — If you get full marks in a test or exam, you get everything right and gain the maximum number of marks.
- full-cream — denoting or made with whole unskimmed milk
- full-faced — having a plump or round face.
- full-grain — (of leather) having the original grain surface intact.
- full-scale — having the exact size or proportions of the original: a full-scale replica.
- fulminated — Simple past tense and past participle of fulminate.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumadiddle — flumadiddle.
- fumatorium — an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy fungi or insects.
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- fumigating — Present participle of fumigate.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fund-raise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundaments — Plural form of fundament.
- fundraised — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundraiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- funeralize — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.