11-letter words containing n, a, o, f
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
- flatten out — to make or become flat or flatter by spreading out
- flatulation — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flirtations — Plural form of flirtation.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- fluconazole — An antifungal drug used especially against Candida.
- fluctuation — continual change from one point or condition to another.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- fluvoxamine — an antidepressant drug that acts by preventing the re-uptake after release of serotonin in the brain, thereby prolonging its action
- 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 plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- 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.
- fond du lac — a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foot-candle — a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbreviation: FC.
- 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.
- for want of — If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.
- 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.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- 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.
- foremastman — a sailor positioned before the foremast
- forepayment — prepayment
- forest land — Forest land is land that is mainly covered by forest.
- forestation — the planting of forests.
- forestlands — Plural form of forestland.
- 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.