10-letter words containing f, o, d, s
- dorsifixed — (botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament somewhere along their back.
- dory skiff — an open boat similar to but smaller than a dory.
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- dress form — an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dumbfounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound.
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- eisteddfod — A competitive festival of music and poetry in Wales, in particular the annual National Eisteddfod.
- endosulfan — (chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
- faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
- faldstools — Plural form of faldstool.
- fallboards — Plural form of fallboard.
- false pond — a mirage.
- falsehoods — Plural form of falsehood.
- fascistoid — Resembling fascism.
- fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- feedstocks — Plural form of feedstock.
- felo de se — a person who commits suicide or commits an unlawful malicious act resulting in his or her own death.
- felo-de-se — a person who commits suicide or commits an unlawful malicious act resulting in his or her own death.
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- fieldboots — knee-length boots
- fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- first down — the first of four consecutive plays during which an offensive team must advance the ball at least ten yards to retain possession of it.
- first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flashboard — a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.
- flashflood — Alternative spelling of flash flood.
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- floodgates — Plural form of floodgate.
- floodlamps — Plural form of floodlamp.
- floodmarks — Plural form of floodmark.
- floodwalls — Plural form of floodwall.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- floridness — The quality of being florid.
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flowerbeds — Plural form of flowerbed.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- food stamp — any of the coupons sold or given under a federal program to eligible needy persons and redeemable for food at designated grocery stores or markets.
- foodgrains — Plural form of foodgrain.
- foodstuffs — a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.