12-letter words containing f, e, i, n, s
- fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
- ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fiendishness — The quality of being fiendish.
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- financescape — Figuratively, the financial landscape; financial markets.
- find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
- fines herbes — a mixture of finely chopped herbs, used to flavour omelettes, salads, etc
- finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
- fisheye lens — a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery.
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fitness test — a test to see how fit someone is
- five fingers — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flexibleness — The state or quality of being flexible.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.