12-letter words containing f, e, o, s
- fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
- fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
- 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.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- flexuousness — The state or condition of being flexuous.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- floor sample — an appliance, piece of furniture, or other article of merchandise that has been used for display or demonstration and is usually offered at a reduced price.
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- 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.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- foefie slide — a rope, fixed at an incline, along which a person suspended on a pulley may traverse a space, esp across a river
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- 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.
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- foodlessness — Absence of food.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- footlessness — the state of being footless
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.