12-letter words containing f, c, i
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
- fleece-lined — lined with fleece
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- fluorouracil — a pyrimidine analog, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of certain cancers.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
- focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
- folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- folkloristic — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
- folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
- food fascist — a person who shows extreme, intolerant views in relation to food
- food science — the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- foot traffic — the wear and tear caused to a surface by people walking on it
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- forecarriage — the front part of a carriage
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- fractionator — Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker (def 10).