12-letter words containing f, a, t, e, l
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- dental floss — Dental floss is a type of thread that is used to clean the gaps between your teeth.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- disaffiliate — to sever affiliation with; disassociate: He disaffiliated himself from the political group he had once led.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- double fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- draft letter — the first version of a letter
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- effectuality — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effeminately — In an effeminate manner.
- eliza effect — (jargon) /e-li:'z* *-fekt'/ (From ELIZA) The tendency of humans to attach associations to terms from prior experience. For example, there is nothing magic about the symbol "+" that makes it well-suited to indicate addition; it's just that people associate it with addition. Using "+" or "plus" to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the ELIZA effect. The ELIZA effect is a Good Thing when writing a programming language, but it can blind you to serious shortcomings when analysing an Artificial Intelligence system. Compare ad-hockery; see also AI-complete.
- equifinality — The property of being equifinal.
- exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- fact of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- faith healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faith-healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faithfullest — Superlative form of faithful.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- false arrest — arrest or detention of a person contrary to or unauthorized by law.
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- family hotel — a hotel owned by a family in which family members work
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
- feature film — full-length movie