11-letter words containing f, i, k, e
- foreknowing — Present participle of foreknow.
- forethinker — someone who forethinks
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- franz kline — Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- frederick i — ("Frederick Barbarossa") 1123?–90, king of Germany 1152–90; king of Italy 1152–90: emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1152–90.
- frederick v — called the Winter King. 1596–1632, elector of the Palatinate (1610–23) and king of Bohemia (1619–20). He led the revolt of Bohemian Protestants at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War
- frederik ix — 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72 (son of Christian X).
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- free ticket — entitlement to sth at no cost
- freethinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- french kiss — kiss with tongues
- french-kiss — soul kiss.
- fruit knife — a small knife, usually having a distinctive handle and a stainless steel blade with a sharp or serrated edge, used at table for paring and cutting fruit.
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
- if you like — You say if you like when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way.
- in token of — something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
- kaffir lime — an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery.
- killifishes — Plural form of killifish.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kite flying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- knife river — a river in W central North Dakota, flowing E to the Missouri River. 165 miles (265 km) long.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
- knife-point — the sharp tip of a knife.
- knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- life skills — everyday coping strategies
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- liver fluke — any of various trematodes, as Fasciola hepatica, parasitic in the liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- mickey finn — Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.
- mike fright — extreme nervousness experienced on speaking into a microphone, as on radio or television.
- monkey fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- next of kin — a person's nearest relative or relatives: The newspaper did not publish the names of casualties until the next of kin had been notified.
- office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.