11-letter words containing i, n, a, f, o
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- foam piping — Foam piping is a system of tubes which delivers a mass of very small bubbles to the base of tanks for protection from fire.
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- fomentation — encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- footballing — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- 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.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- forebearing — Present participle of forebear.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- forestation — the planting of forests.
- forewarning — to warn in advance.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- formalising — Present participle of formalise.
- formalizing — Present participle of formalize.
- formational — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- formication — a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- fornicating — to commit fornication.
- fornication — voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
- fornicators — Plural form of fornicator.
- fornicatory — Of or pertaining to fornication.
- fornicatrix — a woman who commits fornication.
- forstalling — Present participle of forstall.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- fortran iii — This was only distributed to ca. 20 sites. See Wexelblat.
- foundations — Plural form of foundation.
- fountaining — Present participle of fountain.
- fractionate — to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
- fractioning — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractionize — to divide (a number or quantity) into fractions
- fractionlet — a small piece
- francomania — an obsession with France or French things
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- friar minor — a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Compare capuchin (def 4), Friar Minor Conventual.
- fructuation — the process of producing fruit
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- fucoxanthin — a brown carotenoid pigment occurring in brown algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates.