10-letter words containing o, s, i
- factiously — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factitious — not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
- factorials — Plural form of factorial.
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fairyfloss — a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick
- faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fantastico — a very bizarre person.
- fasciation — the act of binding up or bandaging.
- fascinator — a person or thing that fascinates.
- fasciotomy — (surgery) The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle).
- fascistoid — Resembling fascism.
- fashioners — Plural form of fashioner.
- fashioning — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- fashionist — (archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion.
- fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- favoritest — (nonstandard) favorite.
- favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- favourites — Plural form of favourite.
- felicitous — well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
- felixstowe — a port and resort in E England, in Suffolk: ferry connections to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Pop: 29 349 (2001)
- fellatio's — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- feretories — Plural form of feretory.
- fess point — the central point of an escutcheon.
- festooning — Present participle of festoon.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fetologist — a person who studies or practises fetology
- 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)
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- fibrillose — Covered with hair-like appendages, as the undersurface of some lichens.
- fibrillous — composed of small fibres
- fibroblast — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibrositis — Fibromyalgia.
- fictionist — a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer.
- fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- 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.
- fiercesome — (nonstandard, dialect) fierce.
- filiations — Plural form of filiation.
- fimicolous — of or relating to an organism that lives on or in animal excrement.
- fingerpost — A post at a road junction from which signs project in the direction of the place or route indicated.
- finish off — complete, perfect
- fire irons — metal fireside implements, such as poker, shovel, and tongs