11-letter words containing f, i
- ammonifying — Present participle of ammonify.
- amplifiable — Capable of being amplified.
- anemonefish — Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.
- animal farm — a political satire (1945) by George Orwell.
- anteflexion — a bending forward of an organ, especially of the body of the uterus.
- antenniform — shaped like an antenna
- anti-family — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- anti-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- antifascism — opposition to fascism
- antifascist — opposed to fascism
- antifashion — opposing mainstream fashion
- antifatigue — reducing or preventing fatigue
- antifebrile — reducing fever; antipyretic
- antifebrine — (pharmaceutical drug) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain.
- antifeedant — a chemical agent that causes a pest, as an insect, to stop eating.
- antifoaming — acting to prevent the formation of foam
- antifoggant — a chemical that prevents or minimizes fogging.
- antiforeign — opposed to or discriminating against foreigners or foreign countries
- antifouling — (of a paint or other coating) inhibiting the growth of barnacles and other marine organisms on a ship's bottom
- antiwelfare — opposed to the provision of welfare payments
- antlion fly — any of various neuropterous insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, which typically resemble dragonflies and are most common in tropical regions
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- aqua fortis — nitric acid
- aquafitness — a keep-fit regime in which exercises are performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aquafortist — a person who makes engravings or etchings through the use of aqua fortis
- area office — a part of a business, organization, etc which is the most important office in a specific geographical area
- artifactual — any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.
- arum family — the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- attic faith — unshakable faith
- auction off — If you auction off something, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it, often at an auction.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- bacilliform — shaped like a rod
- back office — the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- bag of wind — windbag.
- bailiffship — the office of a bailiff
- bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- barbary fig — prickly pear.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
- basket fish — basket star.
- bass fiddle — double bass.
- battlefield — A battlefield is a place where a battle is fought.
- bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
- be confined — to be undergoing childbirth
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- beatificate — (obsolete, religion) To beatify.