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11-letter words containing f, e, r, t

  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • filter lane — a lane governed by a filter at a traffic light, from which traffic can turn left or right while other traffic is held up by a red light
  • filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
  • fimbrillate — bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.
  • 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 gate — any of a number of small runners radiating from a single gate to distribute metal in several parts of the mold cavity.
  • finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
  • fingerpaint — A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children.
  • fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
  • fingerprint — an impression of the markings of the inner surface of the last joint of the thumb or other finger.
  • fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
  • finite verb — a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, and also mood or aspect, as opens in She opens the door.
  • fire beetle — any of numerous click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus, of tropical America, having luminous reddish or greenish spots on the body.
  • fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
  • fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
  • fire temple — a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
  • firefighter — a person who fights destructive fires.
  • firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
  • firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
  • firesetting — The setting of fires; arson.
  • firestarter — One who starts fires.
  • firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
  • firmamental — Of or pertaining to the firmament or heavens.
  • 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
  • first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
  • first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
  • first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
  • first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
  • first-order — Not higher-order.
  • first-timer — a person who does, experiences, or attends something for the first time.
  • fish market — a market selling fish
  • fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
  • fixed trust — unit trust (def 1).
  • flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flagellator — Someone who flagellates, a whipper.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
  • flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
  • flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
  • flat-rolled — (of steel or other metal) rolled into flat sheets, strips, etc.
  • flatlanders — Plural form of flatlander.
  • flatterable — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • flea market — a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
  • fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
  • fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
  • flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
  • flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
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