12-letter words containing a, t, e, f, c, r
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- entrance fee — cost of admission
- face-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each face of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
- fast-tracker — of or relating to the fast track.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- 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.
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- gentle craft — the sport of angling or fishing (usually preceded by the).
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- intertraffic — traffic between two or more places or people
- jet aircraft — A jet aircraft is an aircraft that is powered by one or more jet engines.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- left bracket — (character) "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.