11-letter words containing f, i, r, e, t
- fringe tree — a shrub or small tree, Chionanthus virginicus, of the olive family, native to the southern U.S., bearing open clusters of white flowers with long, narrow petals.
- fritterware — An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also window shopping.
- frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- front-drive — (of an automotive vehicle) having front-wheel drive.
- frostbitten — injured by frost or extreme cold.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- frotteurist — A frotteur.
- fruit juice — nectar obtained from fruit
- 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.
- fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
- frustrative — That which frustrates (causes frustration).
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- ftp archive — archive site
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- furtiveness — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- future life — afterlife (def 1).
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gentrifiers — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- gentrifying — Present participle of gentrify.
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- gratifiable — 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.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- hereinafter — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- identifiers — Plural form of identifier.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperforate — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in terms of — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- indifferent — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- infantrymen — Plural form of infantryman.
- inferential — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
- inferiority — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- infertilely — In an infertile manner.
- infertility — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.
- infiltrated — Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate.
- infiltrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infiltrate.
- infirmative — (obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.
- infirmities — Plural form of infirmity.
- inforcement — Archaic form of enforcement.