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.