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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.
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