12-letter words containing a, s, f
- austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
- axis of evil — North Korea, Iraq, and Iran when considered together as a perceived threat to world stability
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basification — the process of making something alkaline
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
- battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- beaufort sea — part of the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of North America
- beautifulest — (dated) Most beautiful; more beautiful than anyone or anything else.
- beaver falls — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- beef sausage — a sausage made of beef rather than pork
- benefactress — a female benefactor
- bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- blast effect — the damage caused by the force of an explosive blast
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- buffel grass — grass used for pasture in Africa, India, and Australia
- buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- can of worms — a complicated problem
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- carefreeness — without anxiety or worry.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- casing knife — a knife for trimming wallpaper after it has been attached.
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- certificates — Plural form of certificate.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
- channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
- chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.