11-letter words containing f, r, i, o
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- first-order — Not higher-order.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- fishmongers — Plural form of fishmonger.
- fissiparous — reproducing by fission.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floor price — a minimum price required of an item being auctioned.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- 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.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- flying frog — either of two East Indian frogs, Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and R. pardalis, having broadly webbed feet permitting long, gliding leaps.
- flying moor — the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.
- focal ratio — f-number.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- 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.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- 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
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- for nothing — freely, free
- forage mite — a mite normally occurring in forage but sometimes infesting the skin of mammals, esp horses, and birds