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11-letter words containing r, o, f, i

  • fax over ip — (communications)   (FoIP) Transmission of a facsimile over an IP networking instead of PSTN, analogous to Voice over IP.
  • febriferous — producing fever.
  • federations — Plural form of federation.
  • felicitator — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
  • fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
  • ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
  • ferredoxins — Plural form of ferredoxin.
  • ferriferous — producing or yielding iron: ferriferous rock.
  • 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.
  • ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
  • fertigation — (agriculture) the application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.
  • fetoprotein — (protein) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein.
  • feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
  • 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
  • fibrination — (medicine) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
  • fibroblasts — Plural form of fibroblast.
  • 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.
  • fibroplasia — the formation of fibrous tissue.
  • fibrousness — The state or quality of being fibrous.
  • field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
  • field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
  • fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
  • 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.
  • figurations — Plural form of figuration.
  • file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
  • file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • filoviruses — Plural form of filovirus.
  • filtrations — Plural form of filtration.
  • fimbriation — fimbriate or fringed condition.
  • finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
  • finger food — food intended to be picked up with the fingers and eaten.
  • finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
  • finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
  • fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
  • fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
  • 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-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
  • firebombing — Present participle of firebomb.
  • fireproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of fireproof.
  • first blood — the first killing or wounding in a fight or war
  • first floor — the ground floor of a building.
  • first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
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