12-letter words containing f, e, l
- bella figura — a good impression; fine appearance
- bellows fish — snipefish.
- ben franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- benefit club — a club whose members enjoy certain benefits, such as reduced prices for travel or sporting events
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- bill of fare — The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat.
- bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- black coffee — coffee with no milk, milk substitute, or cream added
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
- bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
- blast effect — the damage caused by the force of an explosive blast
- blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
- blissfulness — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- bluefin tuna — the largest tuna (Thunnus thynnus): it has bright red flesh and is important as a game and food fish
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- bog of allen — a region of peat bogs in central Ireland, west of Dublin. Area: over 10 sq km (3.75 sq miles)
- bogon filter — /boh'gon fil'tr/ Any device, software or hardware, that limits or suppresses the flow and/or emission of bogons. "Engineering hacked a bogon filter between the Cray and the VAXen, and now we're getting fewer dropped packets." See also bogosity.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- brickfielder — a hot wind in parts of Australia, originally applied to a wind which blew over Sydney carrying dust from the neighbouring Brickfields sand hills
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- brush flower — a flower or inflorescence with numerous long stamens, usually pollinated by birds or bats
- bubble float — a hollow spherical float that can be weighted with water to aid casting
- buckler fern — any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
- buffalo robe — a carriage robe or rug made of the skin of the bison, dressed with the hair on
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- buffel grass — grass used for pasture in Africa, India, and Australia
- 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
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- calorie-free — containing no calories
- cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- 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
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- central-fire — center-fire.
- channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.