11-letter words containing s, f, e
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- dutifulness — The state of being dutiful.
- easefulness — State of being easeful, or a quality of promoting ease and tranquillity.
- east africa — a region of Africa comprising Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
- east-facing — facing towards the east
- ecofeminism — A philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society.
- ecofeminist — One who subscribes to ecofeminism.
- effectuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effectuate.
- effervesced — Simple past tense and past participle of effervesce.
- effervesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effervesce.
- efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- effloresced — Simple past tense and past participle of effloresce.
- effloresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effloresce.
- ego surfing — the act of searching for your own name on the internet
- eisteddfods — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- electrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrify.
- emulsifiers — Plural form of emulsifier.
- emulsifying — Present participle of emulsify.
- enfranchise — Give the right to vote to.
- exemplifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exemplify.
- face-saving — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- facebookers — Plural form of facebooker.
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facilitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of facilitate.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- factualness — Factuality.
- faddishness — The state or condition of being faddish.
- faineantise — the quality of being lazy or indolent
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- faith-based — affiliated with, supported by, or based on a religion or religious group: faith-based charities.
- faithlessly — In a faithless manner.
- fall asleep — go to sleep
- false alarm — a false report of a fire in progress to a fire department.
- false color — photography using infrared-sensitive film that produces images in which heat-emitting areas or objects appear red.
- false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- false labor — irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.
- false oxlip — a similar and related plant that is a natural hybrid between the cowslip and primrose
- false start — in a race
- false teeth — dentures
- false topaz — citrine (def 2).
- false-start — to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race.
- falsifiable — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- familiarise — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- fanaticised — Simple past tense and past participle of fanaticise.
- 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.
- far eastern — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farawayness — the state of being faraway