11-letter words containing s, i, r, e, t
- extrinsical — (rare) Extrinsic.
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- 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.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farm-sitter — a person who takes temporary charge of a farm during the absence or incapacity of the owner.
- federalists — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federations — Plural form of federation.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferntickles — freckles
- fertileness — (rare) The state or characteristic of being fertile.
- fertilisers — Plural form of fertiliser.
- fertilising — Present participle of fertilise.
- fertilities — Plural form of fertility.
- fertilizers — Plural form of fertilizer.
- 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.
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
- fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire master — (in Scotland) the person in charge of a fire brigade
- firemasters — Plural form of firemaster.
- firesetting — The setting of fires; arson.
- firestarter — One who starts fires.
- first aider — someone in an organization who has been trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- first cause — God.
- first fleet — the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
- first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
- first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- first-order — Not higher-order.
- first-timer — a person who does, experiences, or attends something for the first time.
- fish market — a market selling fish
- fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
- fixed trust — unit trust (def 1).
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- 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.
- florentines — Plural form of florentine.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.