11-letter words containing f, e, a, t
- frost heave — an uplift in soil caused by the freezing of internal moisture.
- frustrative — That which frustrates (causes frustration).
- ftp archive — archive site
- funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
- functionate — to perform a function; to carry out one's work or duty
- fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- furtwangler — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, German orchestral conductor.
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gaffer tape — strong adhesive tape used in electrical repairs
- garden flat — a flat with direct access to a garden: typically, a garden flat consists of basement accommodation in prewar property, but some are in purpose-built blocks in urban areas
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- get a life! — (abuse) Standard way of suggesting that someone has succumbed to terminal geekdom. Often heard on Usenet, especially as a way of suggesting that the target is taking some obscure issue of theology too seriously. This exhortation was popularised by William Shatner on a "Saturday Night Live" episode in a speech that ended "Get a *life*!", but some respondents believe it to have been in use before then. It was certainly in wide use among hackers for at least five years before achieving mainstream currency in early 1992.
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- grand theft — stealing large amount
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- great falls — a city in central Montana, on the Missouri River.
- gulf states — the oil-producing states around the Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-bottle — a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- half-witted — feeble-minded.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halfhearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- hall effect — the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface.
- halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- han fei-tzu — died 233 b.c, Chinese philosopher and legal theorist.
- handcrafted — handicraft.
- handcrafter — One who handcrafts or engages in handcraft or handicraft.
- hang a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- hare's-foot — a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- hatchetfish — any deep-sea fishes of the genera Argyropelicus, Sternoptyx, and related genera, of tropical and temperate waters, having a silvery, hatchet-shaped body.
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- have it off — to have sexual intercourse
- health farm — A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food.