10-letter words containing f, e, d, i
- federalism — the federal principle of government.
- federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalize — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- federating — Present participle of federate.
- federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
- federative — pertaining to or of the nature of a federation.
- fernando i — Ferdinand I (def 1).
- ferredoxin — any of a group of red-brown proteins containing iron and sulfur and acting as an electron carrier during photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, or oxidation-reduction reactions.
- ferrofluid — A fluid containing a magnetic suspension.
- fertilised — Simple past tense and past participle of fertilise.
- fertilized — Simple past tense and past participle of fertilize.
- fetishised — Simple past tense and past participle of fetishise.
- fetishized — Simple past tense and past participle of fetishize.
- feudalized — Simple past tense and past participle of feudalize.
- fiberboard — a building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed and cemented into rigid sheets.
- fibreboard — (British, Canada) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, often laminated with melamine, and used in building or making furniture.
- fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- fiddlehead — Nautical. a billethead having a form similar to the volute carved at the upper end of a violin.
- fiddlewood — the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.
- fidelities — Plural form of fidelity.
- fidgetting — Present participle of fidget.
- field army — army (def 2).
- field coil — a coil that generates a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it: used in various electrical devices, as motors, generators, or electromagnets.
- field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
- field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- field hand — a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field lens — the lens in an eyepiece that is farthest from the eye and that deviates rays toward the center of the eye lens.
- field line — an imaginary line or curve in a field of force, as an electric field, such that the direction of the line at any point is that of the force in the field at that point.
- field mint — an herb, Mentha arvensis, of North America, having downy leaves and small flowers that grow in circles in the leaf axils.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- field term — a university term spent in the field, such as a term spent in another country as part of a foreign language course
- field tile — an earthenware drain used in farm drainage
- field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
- field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- field-test — to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
- fieldboots — knee-length boots
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- fieldpiece — A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
- fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fiendishly — In a fiendish manner.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.