10-letter words containing f, e, r, i, c
- file clerk — an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.
- filler cap — a device sealing the filling pipe to the petrol tank in a motor vehicle
- financiere — of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and cockscombs: vol-au-vent financière.
- financiers — Plural form of financier.
- fingerpick — a plectrum.worn on the finger.
- fire chief — the officer in charge of a municipality's fire department or departments.
- fire truck — fire engine.
- firebricks — Plural form of firebrick.
- firecrests — Plural form of firecrest.
- fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
- firescreen — a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire
- firetrucks — Plural form of firetruck.
- firmicutes — Plural form of firmicute.
- first-come — arranged, considered, or done in order of application or arrival, as for purposes of service: orders filled on a first-come basis.
- firstcomer — a person who arrives first or among the first.
- flickering — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- florigenic — of or relating to the plant hormone florigen
- fluocerite — (mineral) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- footlicker — A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
- force-ripe — (of fruit) prematurely picked and ripened by squeezing or warm storage
- forcefield — Alternative spelling of force field.
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- forecaddie — a caddie positioned on the course at a distance from the tee or a given lie, to locate balls after they are hit.
- forinsecal — foreign
- formicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formicate.
- fornicated — Simple past tense and past participle of fornicate.
- fornicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate.
- fortalices — Plural form of fortalice.
- fractioned — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- franchisee — a person or company to whom a franchise is granted.
- franchiser — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- franchises — Plural form of franchise.
- fratricide — a person who kills his or her brother.
- freckliest — Superlative form of freckly.
- fredericia — a port in Denmark, in E Jutland at the N end of the Little Belt. Pop: 37 054 (2004 est)
- french dip — a hot sandwich of roast beef, pork, or lamb, served on a crusty roll over which seasoned pan juices are poured.
- french kid — kidskin tanned by an alum or vegetable process and finished in a manner originally employed by the French.
- frenetical — Alternative form of frenetic.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- fricandeau — a loin of veal, larded and braised, or roasted.
- fricasseed — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- fricassees — Plural form of fricassee.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- frolicsome — merrily playful; full of fun.
- fructified — Simple past tense and past participle of fructify.
- fructifier — a person or thing that fructifies: Fructifiers were added to enrich the dirt.
- fructifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fructify.