10-letter words containing i, a, f
- factitious — not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
- factorials — Plural form of factorial.
- factorized — Simple past tense and past participle of factorize.
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- factualism — emphasis on, devotion to, or extensive reliance upon facts: the factualism of scientific experiment.
- factuality — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- fahrenheit — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- faintheart — person who lacks courage; coward.
- fair catch — a catch of a kicked ball in which the receiver signals that he or she will not advance the ball and therefore may not be interfered with or tackled.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- fair trade — legal or ethical commerce
- fair-sized — quite big
- fair-trade — to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- fairminded — Alternative form of fair-minded.
- fairy lamp — a lamp using a candle as the source of illumination, usually constructed of glass or ceramic material, set on a metal base, and having a fabric shade.
- fairy lily — a Texan bulbous plant, Zephyranthes drummondii, of the amaryllis family, having a fragrant white flower, with a reddish outer surface, that blooms at night.
- fairy ring — any of numerous mushrooms of meadows and open woods, especially the well-known Marasmius oreades, that spread in rings originating from mycelial growth: formerly supposed to mark the paths laid by dancing fairies.
- fairy tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fairy-tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fairyfloss — a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick
- fairytales — Plural form of fairytale.
- faisalabad — a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop: 2 533 000 (2005 est)
- faith cure — a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
- faith hate — prejudice against a particular group on religious grounds
- faithfully — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- falciparum — The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria.
- faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
- fall river — a seaport in SE Massachusetts, on an arm of Narragansett Bay.
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- false ribs — any of the lower five ribs on either side of the body, which are not directly attached to the sternum.
- falsidical — based on a falsehood
- falsifiers — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- falsifying — Present participle of falsify.
- familiarly — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- familicide — The murder of an entire family by a family member.
- familistic — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- family car — a car suitable for a family
- family man — a man who has a spouse and one or more children.
- family way — family (def 18).
- familyless — Without a family.
- familylike — Resembling a family.
- familymoon — A honeymoon in which the newlywed couple bring along their children.
- famishment — Starvation; the fact or process of being famished.
- famotidine — A histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production, commonly used to treat peptic ulcers.
- fan window — a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.
- fanaticise — Alternative spelling of fanaticize.
- fanaticism — fanatical character, spirit, or conduct.
- fanaticize — to make fanatical.