10-letter words containing f, e, d, r
- force-feed — to compel to take food, especially by means of a tube inserted into the throat: They force-fed the prisoners in the hunger strike.
- forcefield — Alternative spelling of force field.
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- foreboding — a prediction; portent.
- forecaddie — a caddie positioned on the course at a distance from the tee or a given lie, to locate balls after they are hit.
- forecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foreclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreclose.
- foredamned — condemned at some earlier time to eternal damnation
- foredating — Present participle of foredate.
- foredoomed — Simple past tense and past participle of foredoom.
- foreground — the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer (opposed to background).
- forehanded — forehand (def 1).
- forejudged — Simple past tense and past participle of forejudge.
- foreladies — Plural form of forelady.
- foreordain — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- forepassed — already in the past; bygone.
- foresaddle — the forepart of a saddle of veal, mutton, lamb, or venison.
- foreshadow — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foreshowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshow.
- forestland — land containing or covered with forests.
- forewarned — to warn in advance.
- forfending — Present participle of forfend.
- forklifted — Simple past tense and past participle of forklift.
- formalised — Simple past tense and past participle of formalise.
- formalized — Simple past tense and past participle of formalize.
- formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.
- formulised — formulate.
- formulized — Simple past tense and past participle of formulize.
- fornicated — Simple past tense and past participle of fornicate.
- forstalled — Simple past tense and past participle of forstall.
- fort dodge — a city in central Iowa, on the Des Moines River.
- fortressed — Simple past tense and past participle of fortress.
- forwarders — Plural form of forwarder.
- foundering — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- founderous — likely to cause foundering; miry; swampy.
- fourfooted — Having four feet.
- fractioned — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- fratricide — a person who kills his or her brother.
- fraudsters — Plural form of fraudster.
- fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- frauenfeld — a canton in NE Switzerland. 388 sq. mi. (1005 sq. km). Capital: Frauenfeld.
- freddy mac — (in the US) an informal name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a private company that buys and sells mortgage debt
- fredericia — a port in Denmark, in E Jutland at the N end of the Little Belt. Pop: 37 054 (2004 est)
- free rider — Informal. a person who obtains something without effort or cost.
- free trade — trade between countries, free from governmental restrictions or duties.
- free world — the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
- free-bored — (of a rifle) having a bore that is not rifled within a short distance of the breech, so that a fired cartridge travels about 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) before being engaged by the lands, thus reducing initial high pressures.