12-letter words containing f, e, n, c, o
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
- furnace room — a room containing a furnace or an enclosed chamber for producing heat, often on the bottom floor of the building that it heats
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- give offence — to cause annoyance or displeasure to someone
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- 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-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.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- inter-office — functioning or communicating between the offices of a company or organization; within a company: an interoffice memo.
- irreflection — lack of careful or long consideration
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species