11-letter words containing fe
- gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- get a life! — (abuse) Standard way of suggesting that someone has succumbed to terminal geekdom. Often heard on Usenet, especially as a way of suggesting that the target is taking some obscure issue of theology too seriously. This exhortation was popularised by William Shatner on a "Saturday Night Live" episode in a speech that ended "Get a *life*!", but some respondents believe it to have been in use before then. It was certainly in wide use among hackers for at least five years before achieving mainstream currency in early 1992.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- golden orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- good fellow — a friendly and pleasant person.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- guaifenesin — An expectorant used in cough syrups and sometimes for pain relief from fibromyalgia.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- gummiferous — producing gum
- gunn effect — the onset of microwave oscillations in a thin slice of a semiconductor when a voltage exceeding a given value is applied across the slice.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- hail-fellow — Also, hail fellow, hail-fellow well met. a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.
- halfendeale — a half portion of something
- hall effect — the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface.
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- han fei-tzu — died 233 b.c, Chinese philosopher and legal theorist.
- have a life — If you say that you have a life, you mean that you have interests and activities, particularly outside your work, which make your life enjoyable and worthwhile.
- heartfeltly — In a heartfelt manner.
- hold in fee — to own; possess
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- ill effects — If something has ill effects, it causes problems or damage.
- ill feeling — animosity or resentment felt toward another.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- indefensive — Not defensive; unprotected.
- indifferent — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- ineffective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- infectivity — infectious.
- infecundity — not fecund; unfruitful; barren.
- inferencing — The process of making inferences; inferring.
- inferential — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
- inferiority — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- inferiourly — Obsolete form of inferiorly.
- infertilely — In an infertile manner.
- infertility — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.
- infestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- infeudation — the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
- inoffensive — causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance: a mild, inoffensive man.
- interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- interferons — Plural form of interferon.
- interleafed — Simple past tense and past participle of interleaf.
- joining fee — a sum of money that you pay in order to become a member of a club, organization, etc, or in order to start receiving a service, such as a phone line