12-letter words containing f, b
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- coffee beans — the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, which are roasted and ground to make coffee
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- coffee table — A coffee table is a small low table in a living room.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybersurfers — Plural form of cybersurfer.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- dissyllabify — to make disyllabic
- double bluff — deceit
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- 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.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double fugue — a fugue with two subjects developed simultaneously.
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- enfeeblement — The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization.
- extended bnf — Extended Backus-Naur Form
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- facebook.com — (web) One of the most popular social networking websites.
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- fall back on — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- falling band — a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- family album — photos of a family
- family bible — a large Bible usually having pages at the front for recording the marriages, births, and deaths in a family.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fatigability — susceptible to fatigue.