11-letter words containing f, r, o
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- 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.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- focal ratio — f-number.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- 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 memory — the memory of past events as preserved in a community
- 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 desert — an area, usually low-income, in which many residents cannot easily get to stores that sell affordable, healthful foods.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- food shares — investment shares in food companies
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- foot doctor — a podiatrist.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- foot patrol — an assigned or habitual round or route, as of a police officer or sentry
- foot warmer — any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- for a start — to begin with, in the first place
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- for example — as an example, by way of illustration
- for fear of — a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- for nothing — freely, free
- for openers — a person or thing that opens.
- for want of — If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.
- forage acre — a measure of the vegetation available for grazing on a range or pasture, equal to the total area multiplied by the percentage of surface covered by usable vegetation (Ex.: 10 acres × 30% coverage = 3 forage acres)
- forage mite — a mite normally occurring in forage but sometimes infesting the skin of mammals, esp horses, and birds
- foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes
- foraminifer — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.