10-letter words containing f
- factorials — Plural form of factorial.
- factorized — Simple past tense and past participle of factorize.
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- factualism — emphasis on, devotion to, or extensive reliance upon facts: the factualism of scientific experiment.
- factuality — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- fadelessly — in a fadeless manner
- faff about — If you say that someone is faffing about or faffing around, you mean that they are doing things in a disorganized way and not achieving very much.
- fagged out — exhausted
- fahrenheit — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- faintheart — person who lacks courage; coward.
- fair catch — a catch of a kicked ball in which the receiver signals that he or she will not advance the ball and therefore may not be interfered with or tackled.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- fair trade — legal or ethical commerce
- fair-sized — quite big
- fair-trade — to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- fairminded — Alternative form of fair-minded.
- fairy lamp — a lamp using a candle as the source of illumination, usually constructed of glass or ceramic material, set on a metal base, and having a fabric shade.
- fairy lily — a Texan bulbous plant, Zephyranthes drummondii, of the amaryllis family, having a fragrant white flower, with a reddish outer surface, that blooms at night.
- fairy ring — any of numerous mushrooms of meadows and open woods, especially the well-known Marasmius oreades, that spread in rings originating from mycelial growth: formerly supposed to mark the paths laid by dancing fairies.
- fairy tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fairy-tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fairyfloss — a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick
- fairytales — Plural form of fairytale.
- faisalabad — a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop: 2 533 000 (2005 est)
- faith cure — a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
- faith hate — prejudice against a particular group on religious grounds
- faithfully — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- falciparum — The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria.
- faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
- faldstools — Plural form of faldstool.
- falkenhayn — Erich von [ey-rikh fuh n] /ˈeɪ rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1922, German general of World War I.
- fall about — If you say that people are falling about, you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.
- fall among — to come among by chance
- fall apart — physically: into pieces
- fall front — a part of a desk front, hinged at the lower end and opening out to provide a writing surface.
- fall river — a seaport in SE Massachusetts, on an arm of Narragansett Bay.
- fall short — not be satisfactory
- fall under — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fallboards — Plural form of fallboard.
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false aloe — any of several plants of the genus Manfreda, especially M. virginica, of the southeastern U.S., having spikes of fragrant, greenish-yellow flowers.
- false cast — a throw of the line in fly casting in which the line, leader, and fly are prevented from hitting the water.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- false face — a mask covering the face.
- false keel — an extension to the keel of a vessel either for protecting the keel from damage or for reducing leeway
- false move — a movement that may be interpreted as threatening.
- false pond — a mirage.