12-letter words containing a, n, t, o, f
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionality — State or quality of being fictional.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- finalisation — The act or process of finalising.
- finalization — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- 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
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flamboyantly — In a flamboyant manner.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- fluorination — (chemistry) The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- 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.
- foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.