11-letter words containing s, c, r, e
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- false color — photography using infrared-sensitive film that produces images in which heat-emitting areas or objects appear red.
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farm cheese — a mild, firm pressed cheese
- ferntickles — freckles
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- 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.
- fiberscopes — Plural form of fiberscope.
- 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.
- fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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
- 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).
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- 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.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- forced sale — a sale held as a result of a judicial order.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- forecasters — Plural form of forecaster.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- forecastles — Plural form of forecastle.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- foster care — the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.
- foster city — a city in W California.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- franchisees — Plural form of franchisee.