12-letter words containing f, a, m, i, l
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- maple family — the plant family Aceraceae, typified by trees and shrubs having sweet sap, simple opposite leaves usually lobed or toothed, clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a double-winged nutlet, and including maples and the box elder.
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- microfilaria — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
- multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- non-familial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.