11-letter words containing f, e, r, t, s
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- east africa — a region of Africa comprising Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
- electrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrify.
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- false start — in a race
- false-start — to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race.
- far eastern — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- farm-sitter — a person who takes temporary charge of a farm during the absence or incapacity of the owner.
- farthermost — most distant or remote; farthest.
- fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- fast worker — a person who is quick and shrewd in gaining personal advantage: A fast worker, he soon knew everyone who had any pull.
- fast-fooder — Also, fast-foodery [fast-foo-duh-ree, fahst-] /ˈfæstˈfu də ri, ˈfɑst-/ (Show IPA). a restaurant that sells fast food.
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- featherbeds — Plural form of featherbed.
- featherless — Having no feathers.
- featureless — without distinctive features; uninteresting, plain, or drab: a featureless landscape.
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federations — Plural form of federation.
- fenestrated — having windows; windowed; characterized by windows.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferntickles — freckles
- 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.
- ferventness — Quality of being fervent.
- 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.
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
- fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
- firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
- firesetting — The setting of fires; arson.
- firestarter — One who starts fires.
- first aider — someone in an organization who has been trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first cause — God.
- first fleet — the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788
- first grade — school year: age 6-7