11-letter words containing f, o, i, e
- exfoliative — That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation.
- facet joint — any of the four projections that link one vertebra of the spine to an adjacent vertebra.
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- fallen idol — If you refer to someone as a fallen idol, you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
- false oxlip — a similar and related plant that is a natural hybrid between the cowslip and primrose
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fashionless — Not fashioned or contrived; natural.
- fatiloquent — Prophetic; speaking of fate.
- fax over ip — (communications) (FoIP) Transmission of a facsimile over an IP networking instead of PSTN, analogous to Voice over IP.
- febriferous — producing fever.
- fecundation — to make prolific or fruitful.
- federations — Plural form of federation.
- felicitator — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
- feloniously — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferredoxins — Plural form of ferredoxin.
- ferriferous — producing or yielding iron: ferriferous rock.
- ferrocerium — an alloy of 65 percent misch metal and 35 percent iron, used in flints for cigarette lighters.
- ferrocyanic — (inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide.
- ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- fertigation — (agriculture) the application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.
- fesse point — the midpoint of a shield
- festination — a gait marked by an involuntary hurrying in walking, observed in certain nerve diseases.
- fetoprotein — (protein) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein.
- feu de joie — a salute of musketry fired successively by each man in turn along a line and back
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- feuilletons — (British) Plural form of feuilleton.
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- fiberscopes — Plural form of fiberscope.
- fibre optic — using or consisting of very thin flexible fibres of glass down which information modulated on light is carried
- fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
- fibronectin — a fibrous protein that binds to collagen, fibrin, and other proteins and also to the cell membranes, functioning as an anchor and connector.
- fibrousness — The state or quality of being fibrous.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
- field mouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fiery cross — a burning cross, the rallying symbol of ancient Scotland and later of the Highlanders in case of war; later adopted by other organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan.