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11-letter words containing r, f, c

  • 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
  • fibrocystic — showing or having the increased fibrosis associated with dilated glandular structure, as in the breast nodules of fibrocystic disease.
  • 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.
  • fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
  • 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
  • film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
  • film critic — sb who reviews movies
  • film script — a script containing dialogue and directions for a film; a screenplay
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • filthy rich — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
  • fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
  • finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
  • 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.
  • first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
  • fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
  • 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.
  • fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.
  • fitzpatrick — Sean (ʃɔːn). born 1963, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer; played in 92 test matches (1986–97), 51 as captain
  • 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
  • flame color — bright reddish-orange.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
  • flat racing — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
  • flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
  • flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
  • flea collar — a dog or cat collar impregnated with a chemical for repelling or killing fleas.
  • flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
  • 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.
  • fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
  • 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.
  • flocculator — to form into flocculent masses.
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