11-letter words containing f, e, r, i
- farreaching — Alternative spelling of far-reaching.
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- father time — the personification of time as an old man, usually in a white robe, having a white beard, and carrying a scythe.
- faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- fax over ip — (communications) (FoIP) Transmission of a facsimile over an IP networking instead of PSTN, analogous to Voice over IP.
- featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- febriferous — producing fever.
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalized — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- federalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federalize.
- federations — Plural form of federation.
- feed grains — grains used to feed livestock
- feeder line — a branch of a main transportation line, as of an airline or railroad.
- felicitator — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- fender pile — a pile, usually one of a group, set beside ferry slips, wharves, etc., to guide approaching vessels and driven so as to yield slightly when struck in order to lessen the shock of contact.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- ferdinand i — Spanish Fernando I. ("Ferdinand the Great") died 1065, king of Castile 1033–65, king of Navarre and Leon 1037–65; emperor of Spain 1056–65.
- ferdinand v — Ferdinand II (def 1).
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferntickles — freckles
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferredoxins — Plural form of ferredoxin.
- ferricyanic — (inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferricyanide.
- ferriferous — producing or yielding iron: ferriferous rock.
- ferrimagnet — (physics) Any ferrimagnetic material.
- ferrocerium — an alloy of 65 percent misch metal and 35 percent iron, used in flints for cigarette lighters.
- ferrocyanic — (inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide.
- ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- fertigation — (agriculture) the application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.
- fertileness — (rare) The state or characteristic of being fertile.
- fertilisers — Plural form of fertiliser.
- fertilising — Present participle of fertilise.
- fertilities — Plural form of fertility.
- fertilizers — Plural form of fertilizer.
- fertilizing — Present participle of fertilize.
- festschrift — (often initial capital letter) a volume of articles, essays, etc., contributed by many authors in honor of a colleague, usually published on the occasion of retirement, an important anniversary, or the like.
- fetoprotein — (protein) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein.
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- fever pitch — a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
- fiberscopes — Plural form of fiberscope.
- fibre optic — using or consisting of very thin flexible fibres of glass down which information modulated on light is carried
- fibrillated — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
- fibronectin — a fibrous protein that binds to collagen, fibrin, and other proteins and also to the cell membranes, functioning as an anchor and connector.
- fibrousness — The state or quality of being fibrous.
- fiddlerfish — any of several guitarfishes, especially Trygonorhina fasciata, of Australia.
- fiduciaries — Plural form of fiduciary.
- field drain — an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields