11-letter words containing f, i, t, s
- fifty-sixth — next after the fifty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 56.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- file system — (operating system) (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for organizing directories and files, generally in terms of how it is implemented in the disk operating system. E.g., "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you don't have to interface it with any other file systems". 2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical drive, RAM drive, etc.). E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)". As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used to refer to the representatation of the file system's organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the actual content of the files in the file system.
- filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
- fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
- film rights — the rights purchased from the author of a work that enable a film maker to make a film of it
- film script — a script containing dialogue and directions for a film; a screenplay
- film studio — a place where films are made
- filmsetting — photocomposition.
- filtrations — Plural form of filtration.
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- finish with — end relationship
- fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
- firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
- firesetting — The setting of fires; arson.
- firestarter — One who starts fires.
- first aider — someone in an organization who has been trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
- first cause — God.
- first fleet — the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788
- first floor — the ground floor of a building.
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- first light — dawn.
- first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
- first night — opening night.
- first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
- first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- first thing — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
- first-order — Not higher-order.
- first-timer — a person who does, experiences, or attends something for the first time.
- firstfruits — the fruits first gathered in a season
- fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.
- fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
- fish market — a market selling fish
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fishability — The quality or degree of being fishable.
- fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
- fishing net — a large net used on fishing boats for catching fish
- fishtailing — Present participle of fishtail.
- fissiparity — (biology) The quality of being fissiparous.
- fistulizing — Pathology. to form a fistula.
- fittingness — The state or condition of being fitting; suitability.
- fitzsimmons — James ("Sunny Jim") 1874–1966, U.S. racehorse trainer.
- five stones — the game of jacks played with five stones