11-letter words containing o, t, f
- fractioning — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractionize — to divide (a number or quantity) into fractions
- fractionlet — a small piece
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- fredericton — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- free-to-air — Free-to-air television programmes and channels do not require a subscription or payment.
- freebooters — Plural form of freebooter.
- freebootery — the practices of a freebooter
- freebooting — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- freethought — Alternative spelling of free thought.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- from a to b — People talk about getting from A to B when they are referring generally to journeys they need to make, without saying where the journeys will take them.
- from a to z — covering a whole topic
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- front court — the section of the court nearest the front wall in certain games, as squash or handball.
- front crawl — a style of swimming in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately in strokes
- front money — money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.
- front range — a mountain range extending from central Colorado to S Wyoming: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Grays Peak, 14,274 feet (4350 meters).
- front royal — a town in N Virginia.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- front-drive — (of an automotive vehicle) having front-wheel drive.
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- frontlessly — in a frontless or shameless manner
- frontloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of frontload.
- frontolysis — Meteorology. the dissipation or decrease of a front or frontal zone.
- frontrunner — a person who leads in any competition.
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- frost heave — an uplift in soil caused by the freezing of internal moisture.
- frost point — the temperature of the air at which hoarfrost begins to form.
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- frostbiting — Present participle of frostbite.
- frostbitten — injured by frost or extreme cold.
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- frotteurist — A frotteur.
- fructuation — the process of producing fruit
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- fucoxanthin — a brown carotenoid pigment occurring in brown algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates.
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.