11-letter words containing f, a
- crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
- curry favor — to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.
- cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
- cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
- daffynition — A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
- damping off — any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
- damping-off — a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
- damselflies — Plural form of damselfly.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dandy fever — (in the West Indies) dengue.
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- deacidified — Simple past tense and past participle of deacidify.
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
- deafeningly — to make deaf: The accident deafened him for life.
- decalcified — (of rock or bone) containing a reduced quantity of calcium salts.
- decalcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify.
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- defaecation — Alt form defecation.
- defalcating — Present participle of defalcate.
- defalcation — the amount embezzled
- defamations — Plural form of defamation.
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
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- defeasances — Plural form of defeasance.
- defeaticrat — a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, echoing the belief among many opponents that it promoted a defeatist attitude to the situation in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
- defensative — a thing that offers protection or defence, esp a dressing, etc, that protects against infection or injury
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defeudalize — to reverse the process of feudalization
- defiantness — the state or quality of being defiant
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defiliation — the denial of or lack of a male child
- definientia — Plural form of definiens.
- deflagrable — having the ability to burst into flames quickly
- deflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of deflagrate.
- deflagrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflagrate.
- deflagrator — a piece of equipment for bringing about deflagration
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- deflectable — able to be deflected
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- defoliating — Present participle of defoliate.
- defoliation — to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves.
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- deformative — making worse by alteration
- deification — If you talk about the deification of someone or something, you mean that they are regarded with very great respect and are not criticized at all.
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad