11-letter words containing k, a, f
- fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- film-making — the activity or business of producing and directing films
- filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
- finger mark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- firecracker — a paper or cardboard cylinder filled with an explosive and having a fuse, for discharging to make a noise, as during a celebration.
- fish market — a market selling fish
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fitzpatrick — Sean (ʃɔːn). born 1963, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer; played in 92 test matches (1986–97), 51 as captain
- flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
- flake white — lead white.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
- flea market — a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
- flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
- flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
- floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
- floral park — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- forest park — a city in NW Georgia.
- framework 4 — A European Union funding programme, the information technology portion of which replaced ESPRIT.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- frankenfood — (colloquial, derogatory) genetically modified food.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- frankfurter — Felix, 1882–1965, U.S. jurist, born in Austria: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–62.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- franks peak — a mountain in NW Wyoming: highest peak in the Absaroka Range of the Rocky Mountains. 13,153 feet (4009 meters).
- franz kline — Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- freckleface — A person with many freckles.
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- free market — an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
- free skater — a person who takes part in a figure-skating competition
- fuck around — to have sexual intercourse with.
- funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- jack rafter — a rafter having less than the full length of the roof slope, as one meeting a hip or a valley.
- jackknifing — Present participle of jackknife.
- jesus freak — a member of any of several fundamentalist groups of chiefly young people (Jesus people) originating in the early 1970s and emphasizing intense personal devotion to and study of Jesus Christ and His teachings.