11-letter words containing i, s, r, a
- externalise — Alternative spelling of externalize.
- externalism — Excessive regard for outward form in religion.
- externalist — (epistemology) Contending that there are non-internal factors which can affect the justificatory status of a belief.
- extractions — Plural form of extraction.
- extractives — Plural form of extractive.
- extrinsical — (rare) Extrinsic.
- fabricators — Plural form of fabricator.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- fairy story — A fairy story is the same as a fairy tale.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- familiarise — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- far distant — at, to, or from a great distance in space or time
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farm-sitter — a person who takes temporary charge of a farm during the absence or incapacity of the owner.
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federalize.
- federations — Plural form of federation.
- feed grains — grains used to feed livestock
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- fibroblasts — Plural form of fibroblast.
- fibroplasia — the formation of fibrous tissue.
- fiduciaries — Plural form of fiduciary.
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- filtrations — Plural form of filtration.
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire escape — an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
- fire island — a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.
- fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
- fire raiser — a person who deliberately sets fire to property
- fireballers — Plural form of fireballer.
- firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
- firestarter — One who starts fires.
- first aider — someone in an organization who has been trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first cause — God.
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy