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

  • efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
  • electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
  • electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
  • elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
  • elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
  • exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
  • facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
  • fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
  • false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
  • familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
  • fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
  • farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
  • farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
  • farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
  • fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
  • fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • fearlessness — without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
  • fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • fennelflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nigella, of the buttercup family, especially N. sativa, the seeds of which are used, especially in the East, as a condiment and medicine.
  • fer de lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
  • fer-de-lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
  • ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
  • 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 ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • 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.
  • filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
  • 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
  • flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
  • 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).
  • flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
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