12-letter words containing f, a, l, s, i
- 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.
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- flabagasting — Present participle of flabagast.
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- florida moss — Spanish moss.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
- 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
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.