10-letter words containing f, r, e, m
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- pre-inform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- pre-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- preferment — the act of preferring.
- pro-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- proteiform — changeable in form; multiform
- racemiform — having the form of a raceme.
- reaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- referendum — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
- refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
- reform jew — a Jew who adheres to a system of religious worship adapted from Orthodox Judaism to meet the demands of contemporary life, frequently simplifying or rejecting traditional religious law and custom.
- reformable — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- refundment — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- relief map — a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- semifreddo — a partially frozen Italian dessert similar to ice cream
- sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- slumberful — characterized by sleep or slumber
- smoke-free — without any smoke from cigarettes, etc
- smokeproof — that cannot be penetrated by smoke: a fireproof and smokeproof compartment.
- sommerfeld — Arnold (Johannes Wilhelm) [ahr-nawlt-yoh-hahn-uh s-vil-helm] /ˈɑr nɔlt yoʊˈhɑn əsˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1868–1951, German physicist.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- surf smelt — a smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, inhabiting shallow waters from southern California to Alaska, and spawning in the surf.
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface
- tammerfors — Swedish name of Tampere.
- the former — the first or first mentioned of two: distinguished from latter
- thermoform — to shape (especially plastic) by the use of heat and pressure.
- time draft — a draft payable within a specified number of days after it is presented.
- time frame — a period of time during which something has taken or will take place: We're talking about a time frame of five minutes for the president's visit.
- tomfoolery — foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
- tuberiform — in the form of a tuber
- unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- undeformed — having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured: After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
- underframe — the lower frame on which a vehicular structure rests: the underframe of a bus.
- unfarmable — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- uniformize — to bring into uniformity.
- uninformed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.