11-letter words containing r, e, c, i, f
- felicitator — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- ferntickles — freckles
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferricyanic — (inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferricyanide.
- ferrocerium — an alloy of 65 percent misch metal and 35 percent iron, used in flints for cigarette lighters.
- ferrocyanic — (inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide.
- ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
- festschrift — (often initial capital letter) a volume of articles, essays, etc., contributed by many authors in honor of a colleague, usually published on the occasion of retirement, an important anniversary, or the like.
- fever pitch — a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
- fiberscopes — Plural form of fiberscope.
- fibre optic — using or consisting of very thin flexible fibres of glass down which information modulated on light is carried
- fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
- fibronectin — a fibrous protein that binds to collagen, fibrin, and other proteins and also to the cell membranes, functioning as an anchor and connector.
- fiduciaries — Plural form of fiduciary.
- fiery cross — a burning cross, the rallying symbol of ancient Scotland and later of the Highlanders in case of war; later adopted by other organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan.
- fifth force — a theoretical force in nature in addition to the strong and weak forces, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
- film camera — a camera for taking moving pictures for a cinema film
- filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
- fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
- fire cherry — pin cherry.
- fire escape — an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
- fire screen — a screen placed in front of a fireplace for protection, especially from sparks.
- firecracker — a paper or cardboard cylinder filled with an explosive and having a fuse, for discharging to make a noise, as during a celebration.
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- first cause — God.
- first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
- fiscal year — any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fixed price — a price established by a seller, by agreement or by authority, as the price to be charged invariably.
- fixed-price — option: with set cost
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
- flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flittermice — Plural form of flittermouset, an Alternative spelling of flitter-mouse.
- floor price — a minimum price required of an item being auctioned.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- forficulate — resembling scissors