10-letter words containing f, e, r, t
- fecundator — to make prolific or fruitful.
- federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federating — Present participle of federate.
- federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
- federative — pertaining to or of the nature of a federation.
- feet first — with the feet foremost.
- fellatrice — a female fellator
- femtometer — fermi. Symbol: fm.
- femtometre — 10-15 of a metre. Symbol: fm.
- feneration — the lending of money on interest.
- fenestrate — Fenestrated.
- feretories — Plural form of feretory.
- fergiegate — the scandal resulting from a News of the World sting operation in which Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, was videotaped offering access to her former husband, Prince Andrew, for £500,000
- fermenters — Plural form of fermenter.
- fermenting — Present participle of ferment.
- fermentive — tending to cause fermentation
- ferntickle — a freckle
- ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferrotypes — Plural form of ferrotype.
- ferry port — a town or place alongside navigable water with facilities for the loading and unloading of ferries
- ferryboats — Plural form of ferryboat.
- fertilised — Simple past tense and past participle of fertilise.
- fertiliser — Alternative spelling of fertilizer.
- fertilises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fertilise.
- fertilized — Simple past tense and past participle of fertilize.
- fertilizer — any substance used to fertilize the soil, especially a commercial or chemical manure.
- fertilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fertilize.
- fertilizin — jelly coat.
- fervescent — becoming hot
- festoonery — a decoration of festoons.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers.
- fetterless — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fever heat — the heat of fever; body heat exceeding 98.6°F (37°C).
- fever tree — any of several trees that produce or are believed to produce a febrifuge, as the blue gum, which is believed to prevent malaria.
- fever twig — the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens.
- feverworts — Plural form of feverwort.
- fiberoptic — of or relating to instruments utilizing fiber optics.
- fibrillate — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fictioneer — a writer of fiction, especially a prolific one whose works are of mediocre quality.
- field term — a university term spent in the field, such as a term spent in another country as part of a foreign language course
- field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
- filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
- filter out — ignore