11-letter words containing f, e, r, o
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fluorometer — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- fluorometry — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- fluorophore — (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- folio verso — the back of the page; verso (opposed to folio recto).
- folk memory — the memory of past events as preserved in a community
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- food desert — an area, usually low-income, in which many residents cannot easily get to stores that sell affordable, healthful foods.
- food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- food shares — investment shares in food companies
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- foot warmer — any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- for example — as an example, by way of illustration
- for fear of — a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- for openers — a person or thing that opens.
- forage acre — a measure of the vegetation available for grazing on a range or pasture, equal to the total area multiplied by the percentage of surface covered by usable vegetation (Ex.: 10 acres × 30% coverage = 3 forage acres)
- forage mite — a mite normally occurring in forage but sometimes infesting the skin of mammals, esp horses, and birds
- foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes