10-letter words containing re
- 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.
- faith cure — a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
- fancy-free — free from any emotional tie or influence, especially that of love.
- fare stage — a section of a bus journey for which a set charge is made
- farebeater — a person who illegally avoids paying a fare, as by entering a public bus through the exit door.
- farewelled — Simple past tense and past participle of farewell.
- farmerette — a girl or woman working on a farm.
- fast break — a play, as in basketball, in which a team quickly moves down the playing area in an attempt to score before an adequate defense can be set up
- fast-break — to execute or play in the style of a fast break.
- fault tree — a diagram providing a model of the interactions between the components of a system when a failure occurs
- featurette — (film) A relatively short feature film.
- femtometre — 10-15 of a metre. Symbol: fm.
- feretories — Plural form of feretory.
- ferredoxin — any of a group of red-brown proteins containing iron and sulfur and acting as an electron carrier during photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, or oxidation-reduction reactions.
- ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferroniere — jewel, on a chain, worn on the forehead
- fever tree — any of several trees that produce or are believed to produce a febrifuge, as the blue gum, which is believed to prevent malaria.
- fibreboard — (British, Canada) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, often laminated with melamine, and used in building or making furniture.
- fibreglass — Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- figurework — work with figures or numbers
- financiere — of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and cockscombs: vol-au-vent financière.
- finisterre — Cape, a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of Spain.
- fire alarm — a signal that warns that a fire has started.
- fire chief — the officer in charge of a municipality's fire department or departments.
- fire drill — a practice drill for a company of firefighters, the crew of a ship, etc., to train them in their duties in case of fire.
- fire irons — metal fireside implements, such as poker, shovel, and tongs
- fire point — the lowest temperature at which a volatile liquid, after its vapors have been ignited, will give off vapors at a rate sufficient to sustain combustion.
- fire power — the capability of a military force, unit, or weapons system as measured by the amount of gunfire, number of missiles, etc., deliverable to a target.
- fire tower — a tower, as on a mountain, from which a watch for fires is kept.
- fire trail — a permanent track cleared through the bush to provide access for fire-fighting
- fire truck — fire engine.
- fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- fireballer — a hard-throwing fastball pitcher.
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- firebombed — Simple past tense and past participle of firebomb.
- firebottle — electron tube
- firebrands — Plural form of firebrand.
- firebreaks — Plural form of firebreak.
- firebricks — Plural form of firebrick.
- firecrests — Plural form of firecrest.
- firedrakes — Plural form of firedrake.
- firefights — Plural form of firefight.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- firehouses — Plural form of firehouse.
- firekeeper — One who tends a ceremonial fire.
- firemaster — (Scotland) The chief of a fire brigade.