11-letter words containing f, i, r, e, a
- rigid frame — (in iron, steel, and reinforced-concrete construction) a bent having absolutely rigid connections at the knees.
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
- self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- spacefaring — space travel
- steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- tailleferre — Germaine, 1892–1983, French composer.
- take fright — be scared off
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
- tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
- terra firma — firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).
- the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
- train ferry — a ship designed to carry railway vehicles
- transferrin — a plasma glycoprotein that transports dietary iron to the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- transfinite — going beyond or surpassing the finite.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- travel film — a filmed documentary showing travel in a certain country or region
- ultrafilter — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
- unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- ungratified — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- ventral fin — pelvic fin.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- vociferance — vociferant utterance; vociferation.
- waffle iron — appliance for cooking waffles
- waffle-iron — a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- waterfinder — a dowser; water witch.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism