12-letter words containing f, e, n, l
- 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 centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
- find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fire balloon — a montgolfier.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- 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.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- flannel cake — griddlecake; pancake.
- flannel-leaf — the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus.
- flannelboard — a flannel-covered surface to which other flannel pieces, as letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., adhere merely by contact, used mainly in schools as a visual aid.
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flawlessness — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- fleece-lined — lined with fleece
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- 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.
- flexuousness — The state or condition of being flexuous.
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).