10-letter words containing r, f, i, d
- faradizing — Present participle of faradize.
- farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fassbinder — Rainer Werner [rahy-ner] /ˈraɪ nər/ (Show IPA), 1946–82, German film actor and director.
- fatbrained — slow-witted, stupid
- fazendeiro — an owner of a fazenda
- federalism — the federal principle of government.
- federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalize — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- federating — Present participle of federate.
- federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
- federative — pertaining to or of the nature of a federation.
- fernando i — Ferdinand I (def 1).
- ferredoxin — any of a group of red-brown proteins containing iron and sulfur and acting as an electron carrier during photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, or oxidation-reduction reactions.
- ferrofluid — A fluid containing a magnetic suspension.
- fertilised — Simple past tense and past participle of fertilise.
- fertilized — Simple past tense and past participle of fertilize.
- fiberboard — a building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed and cemented into rigid sheets.
- fibreboard — (British, Canada) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, often laminated with melamine, and used in building or making furniture.
- field army — army (def 2).
- field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
- field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- field term — a university term spent in the field, such as a term spent in another country as part of a foreign language course
- field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
- fimbriated — Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- fine-drawn — drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.
- finger-dry — to dry hair by lifting it and running it between the fingers from roots to ends
- fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
- fire drill — a practice drill for a company of firefighters, the crew of a ship, etc., to train them in their duties in case of fire.
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- firebombed — Simple past tense and past participle of firebomb.
- firebrands — Plural form of firebrand.
- firedrakes — Plural form of firedrake.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- firewarden — a person having authority in the prevention or extinguishing of fires, as in towns or camps.
- first dark — twilight.
- 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 hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.