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11-letter words containing fi

  • fieldpieces — Plural form of fieldpiece.
  • fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
  • fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
  • fiery cross — a burning cross, the rallying symbol of ancient Scotland and later of the Highlanders in case of war; later adopted by other organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan.
  • fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
  • fifteenthly — in the fifteenth place or position
  • fifth force — a theoretical force in nature in addition to the strong and weak forces, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
  • fifth grade — the fifth year of school, when children are ten or eleven years old
  • fifth wheel — a horizontal ring or segment of a ring, consisting of two bands that slide on each other, placed above the front axle of a carriage and designed to support the forepart of the body while allowing it to turn freely in a horizontal plane.
  • fifty-eight — a cardinal number, 50 plus 8.
  • fifty-fifth — next after the fifty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 55.
  • fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
  • fifty-first — next after the fiftieth; being the ordinal number for 51.
  • fifty-ninth — next after the fifty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 59.
  • fifty-seven — a cardinal number, 50 plus 7.
  • fifty-sixth — next after the fifty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 56.
  • fifty-third — next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.
  • fifty-three — a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
  • fight-o-net — (messaging)   A distortion of FidoNet, often applied after a flurry of flamage in a particular echo, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews.
  • fighter jet — a jet fighter, or fighter plane propelled by a jet engine
  • figurations — Plural form of figuration.
  • figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
  • filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
  • filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
  • filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
  • file attach — [FidoNet] 1. A file sent along with a mail message from one BBS to another. 2. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a BBS mailer.
  • file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
  • file server — a computer that makes files available to workstations on a network.
  • 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.
  • file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
  • filigreeing — Present participle of filigree.
  • filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
  • filled milk — milk containing a substitute for the butterfat.
  • fillet weld — a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle.
  • fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
  • fillingness — The property of being filling, of making full.
  • film camera — a camera for taking moving pictures for a cinema film
  • film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
  • film critic — sb who reviews movies
  • film rating — a rating imposed by the British Board of Film Censors that indicates the minimum age of people allowed to view the film
  • film rights — the rights purchased from the author of a work that enable a film maker to make a film of it
  • film script — a script containing dialogue and directions for a film; a screenplay
  • film studio — a place where films are made
  • film-making — the activity or business of producing and directing films
  • filmization — an adaptation of a novel, play, etc., for a motion picture.
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • filmsetting — photocomposition.
  • filoviruses — Plural form of filovirus.
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
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