12-letter words containing f, e, c
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- gentle craft — the sport of angling or fishing (usually preceded by the).
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- give offence — to cause annoyance or displeasure to someone
- good offices — Someone's good offices are the help that they give to other people who are trying to achieve something.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- hatchet face — a thin face with sharp features.
- hatchet-face — a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
- hectic fever — a fever associated with tuberculosis
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hertz effect — the effect of ultraviolet radiation in lowering the sparking voltage across a spark gap: an example of photoelectric effect.
- high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- ill-affected — not well disposed; disaffected
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in course of — in the process of
- in excess of — more than
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inconfidence — (rare) Lack of confidence; mistrust.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- indefectible — not defectible; not liable to defect or failure.
- indefectibly — In an indefectible manner.
- indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.