11-letter words containing f, e, b, a
- biofeedback — a technique for teaching the control of autonomic functions, such as the rate of heartbeat or breathing, by recording the activity and presenting it (usually visually) so that the person can know the state of the autonomic function he or she is learning to control
- blackfellow — Australian Aborigine
- blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
- branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
- brassed off — fed up; disgruntled
- brazenfaced — having, or uttered with, a brazen expression; impudent; shameless
- bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- breast-feed — When a woman breast-feeds her baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts, rather than from a bottle.
- broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
- buffet meal — meal at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
- cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- certifiable — If you describe someone as certifiable, you think that their behaviour is extremely unreasonable or foolish.
- certifiably — capable of being certified.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
- chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
- cliff brake — any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
- coffee bean — Coffee beans are small dark-brown beans that are roasted and ground to make coffee. They are the seeds of the coffee plant.
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat
- conferrable — to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
- confessable — That can be confessed.
- confirmable — Capable of being checked, verifiable.
- confiscable — subject or liable to confiscation or seizure
- conformable — corresponding in character; similar
- confusables — Plural form of confusable.
- cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- deflagrable — having the ability to burst into flames quickly
- deflectable — able to be deflected
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- dignifiable — Capable of being dignified.
- double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
- ebola fever — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- facebookers — Plural form of facebooker.
- fairy bread — slices of white bread covered with small beads of brightly coloured sugar, served as a children’s snack
- faith-based — affiliated with, supported by, or based on a religion or religious group: faith-based charities.
- fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.