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11-letter words containing t, e, s, f, i

  • field study — observation of nature in the wild
  • field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
  • fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
  • fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
  • fifty-seven — a cardinal number, 50 plus 7.
  • filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
  • file system — (operating system)   (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for organizing directories and files, generally in terms of how it is implemented in the disk operating system. E.g., "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you don't have to interface it with any other file systems". 2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical drive, RAM drive, etc.). E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)". As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used to refer to the representatation of the file system's organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the actual content of the files in the file system.
  • filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
  • fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
  • filmsetting — photocomposition.
  • 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 kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
  • fish market — a market selling fish
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
  • fishing net — a large net used on fishing boats for catching fish
  • fittingness — The state or condition of being fitting; suitability.
  • five stones — the game of jacks played with five stones
  • fixed asset — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
  • fixed costs — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
  • fixed trust — unit trust (def 1).
  • flat sennit — a rope made of three or more yarns or strands plaited together.
  • flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • florentines — Plural form of florentine.
  • 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.
  • fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
  • fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
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