12-letter words containing f, a, t, i
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
- file footage — film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.
- filial piety — (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
- filler metal — metal supplied in the form of a welding rod, sometimes flux coated, melted by an arc or a flame into a joint between components to be joined
- fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
- filtrability — the quality or extent of being filtrable
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- finalisation — The act or process of finalising.
- finalization — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- first of all — to start with
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- firth of tay — the estuary of the River Tay on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Length: 40 km (25 miles)
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
- fixed assets — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
- flabagasting — Present participle of flabagast.
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- flag captain — the captain of a flagship
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flammability — easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds