11-letter words containing f, t
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
- frequenting — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- fresh water — water that is not salty
- fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
- friendliest — Superlative form of friendly.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- frighteners — Plural form of frightener.
- frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightfully — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- fringe tree — a shrub or small tree, Chionanthus virginicus, of the olive family, native to the southern U.S., bearing open clusters of white flowers with long, narrow petals.
- fritillaria — any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, comprising bulbous herbs having drooping, bell-shaped flowers.
- fritterware — An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also window shopping.
- frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- from a to b — People talk about getting from A to B when they are referring generally to journeys they need to make, without saying where the journeys will take them.
- from a to z — covering a whole topic
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- front court — the section of the court nearest the front wall in certain games, as squash or handball.
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- front money — money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.
- front range — a mountain range extending from central Colorado to S Wyoming: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Grays Peak, 14,274 feet (4350 meters).
- front royal — a town in N Virginia.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- front-drive — (of an automotive vehicle) having front-wheel drive.
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- frontlessly — in a frontless or shameless manner
- frontloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of frontload.
- frontolysis — Meteorology. the dissipation or decrease of a front or frontal zone.
- frontrunner — a person who leads in any competition.
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- frost heave — an uplift in soil caused by the freezing of internal moisture.
- frost point — the temperature of the air at which hoarfrost begins to form.
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- frostbiting — Present participle of frostbite.
- frostbitten — injured by frost or extreme cold.
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- frotteurist — A frotteur.
- fructifying — Present participle of fructify.
- fructuation — the process of producing fruit
- fruit drink — a (non-alcoholic) beverage made from fruit
- fruit juice — nectar obtained from fruit
- fruit knife — a small knife, usually having a distinctive handle and a stainless steel blade with a sharp or serrated edge, used at table for paring and cutting fruit.
- fruit ranch — a farm where fruit is the main produce.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fruit salts — salts of citric acid, used to relieve bloating and neutralize stomach acidity. Also used in cooking.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fruit sugar — fructose.