12-letter words containing f, e, m
- graham wafer — a cracker intended to aid digestion.
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- hall of fame — a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- homoflexible — Primarily homosexual, but willing to take part in a limited amount of heterosexual activity.
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- impatient of — not willing to bear or tolerate
- 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.
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in memory of — to commemorate
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- indemnifying — Present participle of indemnify.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infotainment — edutainment.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- irreformable — insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- law of moses — the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
- make friends — get to know people
- make game of — to make fun of; ridicule; mock
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.