12-letter words containing f, a, b, i
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- boniface iii — pope a.d. 607.
- boniface vii — antipope a.d. 974, 984–985.
- brain freeze — Also called ice-cream headache. a pain in the temples and forehead brought on by quickly consuming very cold food or drink.
- buffalo bill — nickname of William Frederick Cody. 1846–1917, US showman who toured Europe and the US with his famous Wild West Show
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- burj khalifa — a slender tapering skyscraper in Dubai; completed in 2009; the world's tallest man-made structure, standing at 828m (2716 ft)
- 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)
- c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.
- carbon fibre — a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- dissyllabify — to make disyllabic
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- falling band — a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
- family album — photos of a family
- family bible — a large Bible usually having pages at the front for recording the marriages, births, and deaths in a family.
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fatigability — susceptible to fatigue.
- favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- fertilizable — Capable of being fertilized.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
- film library — a collection of films, motion pictures, videodiscs, videocassettes, and any other materials stored on film.
- filtrability — the quality or extent of being filtrable