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11-letter words containing f, o

  • dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
  • dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
  • dog fouling — the offence of being in charge of a dog and failing to remove the faeces after it defecates in a public place
  • dog officer — dogcatcher.
  • dogfighting — a violent fight between dogs.
  • dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
  • dole office — an informal term for a job centre
  • dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
  • dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
  • dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
  • dorsiflexor — a muscle causing dorsiflexion.
  • double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
  • double life — If you say that someone is living a double life, you mean that they lead two separate and very different lives, and they appear to be a different person in each.
  • douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
  • downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
  • draft board — a board of civilians charged with registering, classifying, and selecting persons for U.S. military service.
  • draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
  • dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
  • drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
  • drum out of — to expel from (the army) with drums beating
  • dry-footing — removal of glaze from the rim at the bottom of a piece.
  • duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
  • dumbfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
  • dumfounding — Present participle of dumfound.
  • dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
  • dysfunction — Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.
  • ebola fever — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
  • ecofeminism — A philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society.
  • ecofeminist — One who subscribes to ecofeminism.
  • ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
  • edification — an act of edifying.
  • edificatory — intended or serving to edify.
  • efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
  • effloresced — Simple past tense and past participle of effloresce.
  • effloresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effloresce.
  • effortfully — In an effortful manner: with effort.
  • ego surfing — the act of searching for your own name on the internet
  • eichendorff — Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), Freiherr von. 1788–1857, German poet and novelist, regarded as one of the greatest German romantic lyricists
  • eisteddfods — Plural form of eisteddfod.
  • elderflower — The flower of the elder, used to make wines, cordials, and other drinks.
  • electroform — to form (a metallic object) by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
  • end for end — with the ends, or the position, reversed
  • end of line — (character)   (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from the original CDC 6600 Pascal. The abbreviation "EOL" is now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under BNF. Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous because different systems used different (combinations of) characters to mark the end of a line. Unix uses a line feed; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the Macintosh uses carriage return. See also EOF.
  • end of text — control-C
  • enfeoffment — (law, common law) The act or process of transferring possession and ownership of an estate in land.
  • enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
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