10-letter words containing f, i, d
- field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- field-test — to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
- fieldboots — knee-length boots
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- fieldpiece — A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
- fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fiendishly — In a fiendish manner.
- fight down — If you fight down an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
- film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
- film speed — speed (def 5a).
- filopodium — a long, hairlike pseudopod composed of ectoplasm.
- filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
- fimbriated — Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
- fin-footed — web-footed.
- find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- fine-drawn — drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.
- finger-dry — to dry hair by lifting it and running it between the fingers from roots to ends
- fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
- finlandize — to subject to Finlandization.
- fire drill — a practice drill for a company of firefighters, the crew of a ship, etc., to train them in their duties in case of fire.
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- firebombed — Simple past tense and past participle of firebomb.
- firebrands — Plural form of firebrand.
- firedrakes — Plural form of firedrake.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- firewarden — a person having authority in the prevention or extinguishing of fires, as in towns or camps.
- first dark — twilight.
- first down — the first of four consecutive plays during which an offensive team must advance the ball at least ten yards to retain possession of it.
- first hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.
- first-hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- fishtailed — Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fittipaldi — Emerson. born 1946, Brazilian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion (1972,1974)
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- five-a-day — the five portions of fruit and vegetables that people are recommended to eat every day as part of a healthy diet
- five-speed — (in an automotive vehicle or bicycle) a transmission or system of gears having five forward gear ratios.
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- fixed disk — (storage) A hard disk which is not a removable disk.
- fixed head — a recording head in a tape recorder or disk drive that cannot be moved relative to the center of the disk, offering reduced access time.