11-letter words containing o, d, r, i, f
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
- file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- finger food — food intended to be picked up with the fingers and eaten.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fireproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of fireproof.
- first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- first-order — Not higher-order.
- fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- foliar feed — a substance containing nutrients that is applied to the leaves of a plant
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
- force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
- foredestine — (rare) predestine.
- foredooming — Present participle of foredoom.
- 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.
- foresighted — Having or using foresight.
- formic acid — a colorless, irritating, fuming, water-soluble liquid, CH 2 O 2 , originally obtained from ants and now manufactured synthetically, used in dyeing and tanning and in medicine chiefly as a counterirritant and astringent.
- forty-third — next after the forty-second; being the ordinal number for 43.
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- fourdrinier — a machine for manufacturing paper.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- fredericton — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- free period — a portion of time during which there is little or no activity
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- friend-zone — Slang. to put (someone) in the friend zone: He wonders why he's always getting friend-zoned by women he likes.
- friendswood — a city in SE Texas.
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- frog orchid — any of several orchids having greenish flowers thought to resemble small frogs, esp Coeloglossum viride of calcareous turf
- front-drive — (of an automotive vehicle) having front-wheel drive.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.