11-letter words containing n, f, a
- 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.
- 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.
- formula one — the top class of professional motor racing
- 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.
- fort carson — a military reservation in E central Colorado, S of Colorado Springs.
- fort orange — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- fortran iii — This was only distributed to ca. 20 sites. See Wexelblat.
- fortunately — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- foundations — Plural form of foundation.
- fountaining — Present participle of fountain.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- four-handed — involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.
- 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
- fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.