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10-letter words containing o, f, n

  • feuilleton — a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
  • ffestiniog — a town in N Wales, in Gwynedd: tourist attractions include former slate quarries and a narrow-gauge railway at nearby Blaenau Ffestiniog. Pop: 4830 (2001)
  • fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
  • fiat money — paper currency made legal tender by a fiat of the government, but not based on or convertible into coin.
  • fibrinogen — a globulin occurring in blood and yielding fibrin in blood coagulation.
  • fictioneer — a writer of fiction, especially a prolific one whose works are of mediocre quality.
  • fictionist — a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer.
  • fictionize — fictionalize.
  • field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
  • fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
  • 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.
  • figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
  • filiations — Plural form of filiation.
  • filing box — a box in which files can be stored
  • filtration — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
  • fin-footed — web-footed.
  • find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
  • fingerbone — A bone in the finger.
  • fingerbowl — a small bowl filled with water for rinsing the fingers at the table after a meal
  • fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
  • fingerhole — a hole through which a finger can be inserted
  • fingerpost — A post at a road junction from which signs project in the direction of the place or route indicated.
  • fingerroot — A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.
  • fingerwork — Alternative spelling of finger work.
  • finish off — complete, perfect
  • fire irons — metal fireside implements, such as poker, shovel, and tongs
  • fire point — the lowest temperature at which a volatile liquid, after its vapors have been ignited, will give off vapors at a rate sufficient to sustain combustion.
  • firethorns — Plural form of firethorn.
  • first born — Someone's first born is their first child.
  • 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-born — first in the order of birth; eldest.
  • fish joint — a connection formed by fishplates at the meeting point of two rails, beams, etc, as on a railway
  • fishmonger — a dealer in fish, especially for eating.
  • five townsthe, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
  • flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
  • flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
  • flagstones — Plural form of flagstone.
  • flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
  • flamingoes — Plural form of flamingo.
  • flammarion — (Nicolas) Camille [nee-kaw-lah ka-mee-yuh] /ni kɔˈlɑ kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1842–1925, French astronomer and author.
  • flanconade — in fencing, a thrust in the side
  • flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
  • flashpoint — 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.
  • flat-woven — (of a carpet) woven without pile
  • flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
  • flavorings — Plural form of flavoring.
  • flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
  • flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
  • flexatones — Plural form of flexatone.
  • flint corn — a variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage.
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