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

  • factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
  • fall in love — become infatuated
  • false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
  • fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
  • fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
  • fearsomeness — causing fear: a fearsome noise.
  • feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
  • feel oneself — to perceive or examine by touch.
  • felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
  • fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
  • feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
  • feminization — The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
  • fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
  • fennelflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nigella, of the buttercup family, especially N. sativa, the seeds of which are used, especially in the East, as a condiment and medicine.
  • fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
  • fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
  • fernando póo — Bioko
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
  • ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
  • fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
  • fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
  • fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
  • filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
  • final notice — last warning before legal action
  • find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • fingerflower — purple foxglove.
  • fire balloon — a montgolfier.
  • fire company — a company of firefighters.
  • fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
  • fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
  • fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
  • firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
  • 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)
  • fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
  • fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
  • fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
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