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11-letter words containing f, o, r, m, i

  • film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • fimbriation — fimbriate or fringed condition.
  • firebombing — Present participle of firebomb.
  • first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
  • fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
  • fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
  • fishmongers — Plural form of fishmonger.
  • florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
  • fluorimeter — fluorometer.
  • flying moor — the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.
  • forage mite — a mite normally occurring in forage but sometimes infesting the skin of mammals, esp horses, and birds
  • foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes
  • foraminifer — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
  • foredooming — Present participle of foredoom.
  • foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
  • foreignisms — Plural form of foreignism.
  • foremanship — The position of a foreman.
  • formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
  • formalising — Present participle of formalise.
  • formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
  • formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
  • formalizing — Present participle of formalize.
  • formational — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • formfitting — designed to fit snugly around a given shape; close-fitting: a formfitting blouse.
  • formic acid — a colorless, irritating, fuming, water-soluble liquid, CH 2 O 2 , originally obtained from ants and now manufactured synthetically, used in dyeing and tanning and in medicine chiefly as a counterirritant and astringent.
  • formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
  • formicarium — formicary.
  • formication — a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.
  • formularies — Plural form of formulary.
  • formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
  • formularize — formulate.
  • formulating — Present participle of formulate.
  • formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • formulising — formulate.
  • forniciform — having the form of a vault.
  • forthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • fortissimos — Plural form of fortissimo.
  • forum livii — ancient name for
  • francomania — an obsession with France or French things
  • friar minor — a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Compare capuchin (def 4), Friar Minor Conventual.
  • 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).
  • fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
  • fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
  • furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
  • gemfibrozil — An oral drug, one of the fibrates, used to lower lipid levels.
  • gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
  • glumiferous — having glumes
  • granitiform — resembling granite
  • granuliform — having a granular structure
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