11-letter words containing f, o, r, m
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- fourth form — the fourth year of study in a school
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- framework 4 — A European Union funding programme, the information technology portion of which replaced ESPRIT.
- francomania — an obsession with France or French things
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- 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.
- frogmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch.
- from a to b — People talk about getting from A to B when they are referring generally to journeys they need to make, without saying where the journeys will take them.
- from a to z — covering a whole topic
- from abroad — from a foreign land or lands
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- from memory — by heart, without prompts
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- front money — money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- 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
- furthermore — moreover; besides; in addition: Furthermore, he left orders not to be disturbed.
- furthermost — most distant: Their house is furthermost on the right.
- furthersome — tending to further or promote; helpful
- 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
- gummiferous — producing gum
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- horror film — a film with a frightening storyline and atmosphere
- i formation — an offensive alignment in which the backs are positioned in line directly behind the quarterback.
- illinformed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imperforate — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in terms of — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- infomediary — An Internet company that gathers and links information on particular subjects on behalf of commercial organizations and their potential customers.
- infomercial — a long commercial that informs or instructs, especially in an original and entertaining manner: an infomercial on making Christmas decorations using the sponsor's brand of glue.
- inforcement — Archaic form of enforcement.
- informality — the state of being informal; absence of formality.
- informatics — the study of information processing; computer science.
- information — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
- informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informatize — (of a country, region, etc) to undergo the development of an information-based economy on an extensive scale
- informatory — Providing or communicating information.
- informingly — In an informing manner.
- insectiform — resembling an insect
- iodoformism — Iodoform poisoning.