11-letter words containing r, o, s, e
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- friendswood — a city in SE Texas.
- frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- froghoppers — Plural form of froghopper.
- frogs' legs — (esp in France) the legs of a frog prepared to be eaten, often by frying in butter and garlic
- frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- frontlessly — in a frontless or shameless manner
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- frost heave — an uplift in soil caused by the freezing of internal moisture.
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- 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.
- frowardness — The quality of being froward.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- fundholders — Plural form of fundholder.
- furciferous — (archaic) rascally; scandalous.
- furiousness — The state or quality of being furious or outraged; enragement; inflamedness.
- furthermost — most distant: Their house is furthermost on the right.
- furthersome — tending to further or promote; helpful
- gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
- garden hose — tube for spraying plants with water
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastronomer — A lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet.
- gastronomes — Plural form of gastronome.
- gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- generations — Plural form of generation.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geographers — Plural form of geographer.
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geoisotherm — isogeotherm.
- george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
- glamourless — Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- glassworker — a person who makes or does glasswork.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- go to press — When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed.