11-letter words containing f, e, r, o, s, i
- misinformed — to give false or misleading information to.
- mortiferous — deadly; fatal.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- odoriferous — yielding or diffusing an odor.
- offertories — Plural form of offertory.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- ovuliferous — holding ovules
- oxfordshire — a county in S England. 1008 sq. mi. (2610 sq. km).
- ozoniferous — containing ozone.
- passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- personifies — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rain forest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- resign-from — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- sniffer dog — a dog trained to find illegal drugs or explosives by smell.
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
- soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- strife-torn — divided by violent conflict or dissent