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12-letter words containing f, a, m

  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • 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-command — self-control.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-mastery — self-control.
  • selfsameness — the quality or state of being selfsame or identical
  • 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.
  • shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
  • 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
  • small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
  • smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
  • somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
  • steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
  • stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
  • streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
  • surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
  • tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
  • tank farming — hydroponics.
  • ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
  • transformist — an adherent of transformism.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • trinacriform — three-pronged
  • trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
  • undreamed of — If you describe something as undreamed of, you are emphasizing that it is much better, worse, or more unusual than you thought was possible.
  • unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
  • unflamboyant — not flamboyant
  • unformalized — not formalized
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
  • unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
  • unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
  • unreformable — not able to be reformed or reclaimed
  • vacuum flask — A vacuum flask is a container which is used to keep hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. It has two thin silvery glass walls with a vacuum between them.
  • vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking
  • variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
  • window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
  • wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
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