10-letter words containing f, o, s
- 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.
- fence post — stake or picket of a fence
- feretories — Plural form of feretory.
- ferrograms — plural of Ferrogram
- ferrotypes — Plural form of ferrotype.
- ferryboats — Plural form of ferryboat.
- fess point — the central point of an escutcheon.
- festoonery — a decoration of festoons.
- festooning — Present participle of festoon.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fetologist — a person who studies or practises fetology
- fetoscopes — Plural form of fetoscope.
- feverously — feverish.
- feverworts — Plural form of feverwort.
- ffestiniog — a town in N Wales, in Gwynedd: tourist attractions include former slate quarries and a narrow-gauge railway at nearby Blaenau Ffestiniog. Pop: 4830 (2001)
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- fibrillose — Covered with hair-like appendages, as the undersurface of some lichens.
- fibrillous — composed of small fibres
- fibroblast — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibrositis — Fibromyalgia.
- fictionist — a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer.
- fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- 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.
- fiercesome — (nonstandard, dialect) fierce.
- filiations — Plural form of filiation.
- fimicolous — of or relating to an organism that lives on or in animal excrement.
- fingerpost — A post at a road junction from which signs project in the direction of the place or route indicated.
- finish off — complete, perfect
- fire irons — metal fireside implements, such as poker, shovel, and tongs
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- firehouses — Plural form of firehouse.
- firestorms — Plural form of firestorm.
- firethorns — Plural form of firethorn.
- first born — Someone's first born is their first child.
- 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 form — the first class that children go into at school
- first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.
- first post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
- first-born — first in the order of birth; eldest.
- first-come — arranged, considered, or done in order of application or arrival, as for purposes of service: orders filled on a first-come basis.
- first-foot — the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New Year's Day.
- firstcomer — a person who arrives first or among the first.
- fish flour — powdered fish, high in protein, used as an ingredient in other foods.
- fish joint — a connection formed by fishplates at the meeting point of two rails, beams, etc, as on a railway