12-letter words containing f, a, i, t, o
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- 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
- focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- food fascist — a person who shows extreme, intolerant views in relation to food
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot traffic — the wear and tear caused to a surface by people walking on it
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- 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.
- foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- foxtail lily — eremurus
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- fractionator — Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker (def 10).
- friction saw — a high-speed circular saw, usually toothless, that is used for cutting metals by using frictional heat to melt the material adjacent to it.
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- 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).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- frustrations — Plural form of frustration.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- functionable — functional (def 3).