11-letter words containing f, e, m
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
- formula one — the top class of professional motor racing
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formularize — formulate.
- fort monroe — Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- foster home — a household in which a child is raised by someone other than its natural or adoptive parent.
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- foulmouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentate — to break into fragments
- fragmenting — a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.
- fragmentise — Alternative form of fragmentize.
- fragmentize — to break (something) into fragments; break (something) apart.
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- frame relay — (communications) A DTE-DCE interface specification based on LAPD (Q.921), the Integrated Services Digital Network version of LAPB (X.25 data link layer). A common specification was produced by a consortium of StrataCom, Cisco, Digital, and Northern Telecom. Frame Relay is the result of wide area networking requirements for speed; LAN-WAN and LAN-LAN internetworking; "bursty" data communications; multiplicity of protocols and protocol transparency. These requirements can be met with technology such as optical fibre lines, allowing higher speeds and fewer transmission errors; intelligent network end devices (personal computers, workstations, and servers); standardisation and adoption of ISDN protocols. Frame Relay could connect dedicated lines and X.25 to ATM, SMDS, BISDN and other "fast packet" technologies. Frame Relay uses the same basic data link layer framing and Frame Check Sequence so current X.25 hardware still works. It adds addressing (a 10-bit Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI)) and a few control bits but does not include retransmissions, link establishment, windows or error recovery. It has none of X.25's session layer but adds some simple interface management. Any network layer protocol can be used over the data link layer Frames.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- framebuffer — (computing) A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
- framework 4 — A European Union funding programme, the information technology portion of which replaced ESPRIT.
- freddie mac — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
- free market — an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
- free sample — taster of sth offered at no charge
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- fremescence — a dull or incipient rumbling or roaring sound
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- frogmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch.
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- from memory — by heart, without prompts
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- front money — money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- fuel system — The fuel system in a vehicle is the combination of parts needed to carry fuel into and out of the engine.
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- fulfillment — the act or state of fulfilling: to witness the fulfillment of a dream; to achieve fulfillment of one's hopes.
- fulsomeness — The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
- fume-filled — filled with pungent or toxic vapours
- funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
- fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- funemployed — without a paid job but enjoying the free time: Ask one of your funemployed friends to come along with you.
- funny money — counterfeit currency.
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- furtherment — The act or process of furthering; furtherance.