10-letter words containing o, f, e, r
- frithsoken — (from Old English) a refuge; a sanctuary
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- frogfishes — Plural form of frogfish.
- froghopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
- frolicsome — merrily playful; full of fun.
- front desk — a desk at which a receptionist works, as in an office.
- front line — war: battlefront
- front nine — the first nine holes on an eighteen-hole course.
- front-line — located or designed to be used at a military front line: a front-line ambulance helicopter.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- frontbench — Alternative form of front bench.
- frontlines — Plural form of frontline.
- frontwomen — Plural form of frontwoman.
- frost line — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- frost-free — (of a refrigerator or other cooling appliance) not requiring defrosting; remaining free of ice buildup.
- frostbites — Plural form of frostbite.
- frostiness — The quality of being frosty.
- frothiness — The quality of being frothy.
- frozen fog — (especially in the far north) a fog composed of minute ice crystals that form in the air in extremely cold temperatures.
- frozenness — The quality of being frozen.
- fructoside — a glycoside that yields fructose upon hydrolysis.
- full score — the entire score of a musical composition, showing each part separately
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- fumitories — Plural form of fumitory.
- fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- funnelform — shaped like a funnel, as the corolla of the morning-glory; infundibuliform.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.
- furloughed — Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
- furosemide — A synthetic compound with a strong diuretic action, used especially in the treatment of edema.
- further to — following on from
- futhermore — Misspelling of furthermore.
- gable roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- gale-force — A gale-force wind is a very strong wind.
- get on for — to approach (a time, amount, age, etc.)
- get rid of — to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
- give forth — to send forth; emit; issue
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- gold fever — greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
- good grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- green roof — a roof covered with vegetation, designed for its aesthetic value and to optimize energy conservation
- griffonage — (rare) Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- harden off — to accustom (a cultivated plant) or (of such a plant) to become accustomed to outdoor conditions by repeated exposure
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.