12-letter words containing f, e, c, a, l
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- unbeneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- unconfinable — not able to be bound
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- unpeacefully — in an unpeaceful manner
- volta effect — contact potential.
- waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- zinc sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.