12-letter words containing f, e, r, n, s
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- 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.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- footsoreness — The characteristic of being footsore.
- for a season — for a while
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- foreshortens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten.
- forest green — Lincoln green.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- formlessness — The quality of being formless.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forsakenness — past participle of forsake.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- fragrantness — the quality of being fragrant
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
- frankincense — an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating preparations.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fraternising — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternities — Plural form of fraternity.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.