0%

11-letter words containing f, e, t

  • 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.
  • fine-tuning — delicate adjustment
  • 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 kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
  • fish market — a market selling fish
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
  • fishing net — a large net used on fishing boats for catching fish
  • fittingness — The state or condition of being fitting; suitability.
  • five stones — the game of jacks played with five stones
  • five-eighth — (in rugby) a player positioned between the scrum-half and the inside-centre
  • five-gaited — noting an American saddle horse that has been trained to execute the rack and slow gait in addition to the walk, trot, and canter, and that is used chiefly for showing.
  • fixed asset — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
  • fixed costs — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
  • fixed point — (mathematics)   The fixed point of a function, f is any value, x for which f x = x. A function may have any number of fixed points from none (e.g. f x = x+1) to infinitely many (e.g. f x = x). The fixed point combinator, written as either "fix" or "Y" will return the fixed point of a function. See also least fixed point.
  • fixed trust — unit trust (def 1).
  • fixed-point — (programming)   A number representation scheme where a number, F is represented by an integer I such that F=I*R^-P, where R is the (assumed) radix of the representation and P is the (fixed) number of digits after the radix point. On computers with no floating-point unit, fixed-point calculations are significantly faster than floating-point as all the operations are basically integer operations. Fixed-point representation also has the advantage of having uniform density, i.e., the smallest resolvable difference of the representation is R^-P throughout the representable range, in contrast to floating-point representations. For example, in PL/I, FIXED data has both a precision and a scale-factor (P above). So a number declared as 'FIXED DECIMAL(7,2)' has a precision of seven and a scale-factor of two, indicating five integer and two fractional decimal digits. The smallest difference between numbers will be 0.01.
  • fixed-width — record
  • flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
  • flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?