12-letter words containing f, e, n, c, o
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fixed-income — gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- food science — the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.
- for a change — contrary to the norm
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- forebearance — Misspelling of forbearance.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- found object — a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such.
- four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
- four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- free coinage — the unrestricted coinage of bullion or of a specified metal, as silver, into money for any person bringing it to the mint, either with or without charge for minting.
- free company — a band of free companions.
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- french congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french shore — either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- french union — a former association of France and its overseas territories, colonies, and protectorates as constituted in 1946: superseded by the French Community in 1958.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
- front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.