0%

12-letter words containing f, e, r, n, l

  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
  • reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
  • reflex angle — an angle greater than 180° and less than 360°.
  • refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
  • relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
  • retroflexion — a bending backward.
  • roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
  • roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
  • roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
  • rooflessness — the state of having no roof
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
  • seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
  • self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
  • self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
  • self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
  • stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
  • transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?