12-letter words containing a, f, o, n, s
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- factionalism — of a faction or factions.
- factionalist — of a faction or factions.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- fascinations — Plural form of fascination.
- fashion icon — a person or thing that is very well known as being highly fashionable
- fashion show — a show in which models display clothes to prospective buyers
- fashionistas — Plural form of fashionista.
- fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
- fast fashion — the reproduction of highly fashionable clothes at high speed and low cost
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- fast-flowing — water: rapid
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- fastigiation — The quality of being fastigiate.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- fearsomeness — causing fear: a fearsome noise.
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- finalisation — The act or process of finalising.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- for a season — for a while
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forsakenness — past participle of forsake.