11-letter words containing f, i, r, e
- freewriting — a free and unstructured style of writing
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- french kiss — kiss with tongues
- french-kiss — soul kiss.
- frenchified — Simple past tense and past participle of frenchify.
- freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
- frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
- frequenting — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friableness — The state or quality of being friable; friability.
- friend-zone — Slang. to put (someone) in the friend zone: He wonders why he's always getting friend-zoned by women he likes.
- friendliest — Superlative form of friendly.
- friendships — Plural form of friendship.
- friendswood — a city in SE Texas.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- frighteners — Plural form of frightener.
- frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- fringe area — an area just beyond the outer limits of satisfactory reception, characterized by a weak and possibly unstable signal.
- 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.
- fringilline — Also, fringilline [frin-jil-ahyn, -in] /frɪnˈdʒɪl aɪn, -ɪn/ (Show IPA). belonging or pertaining to the family Fringillidae, comprising the finches and related birds.
- friponnerie — an act of roguery
- 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.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- 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
- full circle — to the original place, source, or state through a cycle of developments (usually used in the phrase come full circle).
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- full-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; square-rigged on all of three or more masts.
- fund-raiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- fundraisers — Plural form of fundraiser.
- funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
- funeralized — to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.