11-letter words containing s, e, t, f
- fixed costs — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- fixed trust — unit trust (def 1).
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- flagellates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate.
- flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
- flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
- flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flat season — the part of the year during which flat racing takes place
- flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- flatlanders — Plural form of flatlander.
- flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
- 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).
- flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flintstones — Plural form of flintstone.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flocculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- flusterated — flustered; agitated.
- flusteredly — In a flustered manner.
- flusterment — the state of being flustered
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- food desert — an area, usually low-income, in which many residents cannot easily get to stores that sell affordable, healthful foods.
- fool's mate — a checkmate achieved by Black's second move: the quickest possible mate
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- 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.
- footslogged — Simple past tense and past participle of footslog.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- forecasters — Plural form of forecaster.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- forecastles — Plural form of forecastle.
- foredestine — (rare) predestine.