12-letter words containing f, a, n, t, e
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- manifestness — The quality or state of being manifest or obvious.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- nonaffiliate — One who is not an affiliate.
- nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
- nonfederated — not federated
- note of hand — promissory note.
- of even date — of the same or today's date
- of substance — wealthy
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- raman effect — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refoundation — an act of refounding