11-letter words containing f, r, a, n
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- differentia — the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- disfavoring — Present participle of disfavor.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- draftsmanly — Befitting a draftsman; geometrically artistic.
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- dry farming — a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- enframement — elements that surround a door or window
- enfranchise — Give the right to vote to.
- engraftment — The act of engrafting or something engrafted.
- fabricating — Present participle of fabricate.
- fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
- face-harden — to harden the surface of (metal), as by chilling or casehardening.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- fact finder — a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.
- factorizing — Present participle of factorize.
- fair dinkum — dinkum.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- fair-minded — characterized by fair judgment; impartial; unprejudiced: a wise and fair-minded judge.
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fairy green — a medium yellow-green color.
- fairy queen — the queen of the fairies
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- falconiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc.
- fallen arch — collapse of the arch formed by the instep of the foot, resulting in flat feet
- false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fan the air — to strike at but fail to hit something
- fan tracery — the carved ornamentation on fan vaulting
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- fanfaronade — bragging; bravado; bluster.
- far distant — at, to, or from a great distance in space or time
- far eastern — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- farawayness — the state of being faraway
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farm animal — agriculture: livestock or poultry
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- farreaching — Alternative spelling of far-reaching.
- fart around — a flatus expelled through the anus.