12-letter words containing f, e, b
- buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.
- buffer stock — a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices
- buffet lunch — a lunch at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- bullet-proof — Something that is bullet-proof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
- busted flush — a poker hand with four cards of the same suit that fails to form a flush when the final card is dealt
- butter knife — a knife, often with a curved tip, used for picking up butter at a table
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
- cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.
- carbon fibre — a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods
- chipped beef — dried or smoked beef sliced into shavings, often served in a cream sauce
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- facebook.com — (web) One of the most popular social networking websites.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.