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12-letter words containing e, f, t, n

  • fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
  • file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
  • filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
  • final notice — last warning before legal action
  • finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
  • finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
  • finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
  • fippenny bit — the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.
  • fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
  • fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
  • fire curtain — safety curtain.
  • fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
  • fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
  • fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
  • firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
  • first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
  • first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
  • firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
  • fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
  • fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
  • fitness test — a test to see how fit someone is
  • 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
  • five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
  • fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
  • flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
  • flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
  • flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
  • flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
  • flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
  • flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
  • floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
  • flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
  • flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
  • 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.
  • fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
  • flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
  • flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
  • fly the nest — When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
  • focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foetoprotein — Alternative spelling of fetoprotein.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
  • food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
  • footlessness — the state of being footless
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