10-letter words containing o, d, i, f
- ferredoxin — any of a group of red-brown proteins containing iron and sulfur and acting as an electron carrier during photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, or oxidation-reduction reactions.
- ferrofluid — A fluid containing a magnetic suspension.
- fiberboard — a building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed and cemented into rigid sheets.
- fibreboard — (British, Canada) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, often laminated with melamine, and used in building or making furniture.
- fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
- fiddlewood — the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.
- field coil — a coil that generates a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it: used in various electrical devices, as motors, generators, or electromagnets.
- field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
- field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fieldboots — knee-length boots
- fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fight down — If you fight down an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.
- filopodium — a long, hairlike pseudopod composed of ectoplasm.
- fin-footed — web-footed.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- firebombed — Simple past tense and past participle of firebomb.
- first down — the first of four consecutive plays during which an offensive team must advance the ball at least ten yards to retain possession of it.
- first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- flood tide — the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
- floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- floodplain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- floridness — The quality of being florid.
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- fluidounce — Alternative form of fluid ounce.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- fluoridate — to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- fluoridize — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- fly orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys insectifera, whose flowers resemble and attract certain wasps: found in wood margins and scrub on lime-rich soils
- folic acid — a water-soluble vitamin that is converted to a coenzyme essential to purine and thymine biosynthesis: deficiency causes a form of anemia.
- fondlingly — In a fondling manner.
- food chain — hierarchy of organisms
- food grain — any cereal grain produced for human consumption.
- food mixer — A food mixer is a piece of electrical equipment that is used to mix food such as cake mixture.
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- foodgrains — Plural form of foodgrain.
- foodophile — (informal) A food lover.