11-letter words starting with fr
- freeloaders — Plural form of freeloader.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- freerunning — Alternative spelling of free running.
- freestyling — the practice of improvising scenes when making a film or performing a play
- freethinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freethought — Alternative spelling of free thought.
- freewheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of freewheel.
- freewheeler — a vehicle that can freewheel.
- freewriting — a free and unstructured style of writing
- freeze over — be frozen on the surface
- freeze-etch — to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze etching.
- freezer bag — a plastic bag used to hold food that is to be frozen
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- fremescence — a dull or incipient rumbling or roaring sound
- french arch — an arch similar to a flat arch, but having voussoirs inclined to the same angle on each side of the center.
- french bean — British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable.
- french chop — a rib chop, usually of lamb, with the meat trimmed from the end of the bone.
- french cuff — a double cuff formed by folding back a wide band at the end of a sleeve, usually fastened by a cuff link.
- french door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french fact — (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
- french harp — harmonica (def 1).
- french heel — a high, curved heel, characterized by a heel breast curving into a shank, used on women's shoes.
- french horn — a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.
- french kiss — kiss with tongues
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- french roll — a circular or oval bread roll having a hard or crispy crust.
- french roof — a mansard roof the sides of which are nearly perpendicular.
- french rose — Provence rose.
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- french-kiss — soul kiss.
- frenchified — Simple past tense and past participle of frenchify.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
- frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
- frequenting — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- fresh water — water that is not salty
- fresh-faced — having a healthy or ruddy appearance
- fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friableness — The state or quality of being friable; friability.