12-letter words containing c, a, l, f, s
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- 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.
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fiscal cliff — a governmental or personal financial crisis that is brought on by economic factors or policies: High housing costs have pushed many families over the fiscal cliff. Some municipalities are on the edge of a fiscal cliff after years of overspending.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- iguaçú falls — a waterfall on the border between Brazil and Argentina, on the Iguaçú River: divided into hundreds of separate falls by forested rocky islands. Width: about 4 km (2.5 miles). Height: 82 m (269 ft)
- infant class — (in England and Wales) a class at infant school for young schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 7
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- infraclasses — Plural form of infraclass.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- pack of lies — false account
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- peacefulness — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.