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12-letter words containing f, e, r, i

  • fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
  • fire service — The fire service is an organization which has the job of putting out fires.
  • fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
  • fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
  • fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
  • fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
  • firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
  • firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
  • firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
  • firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
  • firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
  • fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
  • firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
  • firing range — range (def 5).
  • firmer gouge — a narrow-bladed gouge similar in manner of use to a firmer chisel.
  • first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
  • first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
  • first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
  • first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
  • first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
  • first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
  • first-grader — a child in the first grade
  • first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
  • first-termer — a person serving his or her first term, as a member of the U.S. Congress.
  • firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
  • fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
  • fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
  • fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
  • fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
  • fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
  • five fingers — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
  • five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
  • fixed bridge — a partial denture that is secured permanently in the mouth by being cemented to the adjacent teeth or roots.
  • fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
  • fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
  • flabelliform — Shaped like a fan; flabellate.
  • flag carrier — an airline that is locally registered in a particular country
  • flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
  • flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
  • flammiferous — flame-producing
  • 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.
  • flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
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