11-letter words containing f, o, r, s
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- floorboards — Plural form of floorboard.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- folio verso — the back of the page; verso (opposed to folio recto).
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- folklorists — Plural form of folklorist.
- food desert — an area, usually low-income, in which many residents cannot easily get to stores that sell affordable, healthful foods.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- food shares — investment shares in food companies
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- for a start — to begin with, in the first place
- for openers — a person or thing that opens.